 ... nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue...  Voyages to Portugal, Spain, Sicily, Malta, Asia Minor, Egypt, &c., &c., from ... - Pągina 120per Francis Collins - 1809 - 335 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1821 - 282 pągines
...vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs, i)ot far remov'd the date, When commerce proudly flourish1 d through the state j At her command the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pągines
...submissive, vain; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. AH evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed...theirs, not far removed the date, When commerce proudly flourish'd through the At her command the palace learn'd to rise, [state; Again the long-fallen column... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pągines
...vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue : And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed...theirs, not far removed the date, When commerce proudly flonrish'd through the state ; At her command the palace learn'd to rise, Again the long-fallen column... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pągines
...vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And ev'n in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs, not far remov'd the date, When commerce proudly flourish'd through the At her command the palace learn'd to... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 pągines
...vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ' zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed...flourished through the state ; At her command the palace l.earned to rise, Again the long-fallen column sought the skies ; The canvas glowed beyond e'en nature... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pągines
...vain; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue; And even in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind. That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs, not far remov'd the date When Commerce proudly flourish'd through the state; At her command the palace learn'd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pągines
...submissive, vam ; Though grave, yet triflmg; zealous, yet untrue; \nd even in penance planning sins anew. All e were fitter for this part; For, I profess, I can...be very smart On wit, which I abhor with all my he remov'd the date, When commerce proudly flourish'd through the At her command the palace learn'd to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pągines
...vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed...theirs, not far removed the date, When commerce proudly flourish'd through the state ; At her command the palace learn'd to rise, Again the long-fall'n column... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pągines
...vain, . Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. AH evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs, not far remov'd the date, When commerce proudly flourished through the state : At her command the palace learn'd... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 pągines
...Where was the prosperity and grandeur of the Italian states, whoss " merchants were princes?" " Not Atr removed the date When commerce proudly flourished through the state ; At her command the palace learned to rise, Again the long fall'n column sought the skies ; The canvass glowed beyond e'en nature... | |
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