The fairest productions of human wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, still more and more beautiful; their bloom appears... Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 209by Nathan Drake - 1828Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fra-- grancy : but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are...heightened ; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who has once tasted their excellences, will desire to taste them again ; and... | |
| Charles Peirce - Textbooks - 1811 - 266 pages
...wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragtancy : but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are...bloom appears to be daily heightened ; fresh odours aie emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who has once tasted their excellencies, will desire... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose thuir (ragrancy : but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are...heightened ; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. Fie who has once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them again.;... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are...daily heightened; fresh odours are emitted, and new w eets extracted from them. He who hath one* tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them yet... | |
| 1812 - 382 pages
...wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, -wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are "accustomed to -them, stili more and more beautiful ; their bloom appears to be doily, heightened ; fresh odours are emitted,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of" paradise become, ss we are accustomed to them, still more and more beautiful;...heightened ; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted-from them,' He who has once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them again; -and... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are...heightened ; fresh odours are emitted and new sweets extracted from them. He who hath once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them yet again... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1817 - 290 pages
...wit, after я few perusals, like gathered flowers wither in our hauHs,and lose their fragrancy : but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, btill more and more beautiful ; their Hloorn «ppears to be daily heightened ; t'mh odors are emitted,... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 550 pages
...wit, after a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy ; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are...heightened; fresh odours are emitted, and new sweets extracted from them. He who hath once tasted their excellencies, will desire to taste them yet again... | |
| Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1818 - 436 pages
...wit, after .a few perusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our hands, and lose their fragrancy; but these unfading plants of paradise become, as we are accustomed to them, sti,ll pore and .more beautiful; their blcjoni appears to be daily heightened; i'rcsh odours are emitted;... | |
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