 | English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...(Not being in danger, a> 1 trust she Is not) Could stir the consult mood ol her calm thoughts, And pat them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, Th.u in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd : He that has light... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Botany - 1829 - 398 pages
...woodland banks, where Milton says — Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; vOL. I. I Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Camus. The lesser Periwinkle, Vinca Minor, is the most proper... | |
 | Asa Cummings - Clergy - 1830 - 434 pages
...time, to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he entered on the active duties of the ministry. " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most important in Mr.... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 530 pages
...time to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he entered on the active duties of the ministry. ' Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most important .in Mr.... | |
 | Asa Cummings - Clergy - 1830 - 460 pages
...time, to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he entered on the active duties of the ministry. " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet, retired solitude...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most important in Mr.... | |
 | Richard Warner - Authors - 1830 - 420 pages
...all that's really good and great : — " For Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to such retired solitudes, " Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes...wings, " That in the various bustle of resort, " Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.* * In August and September last, I had the pleasure of reviving,... | |
 | Asa Cummings - Christian biography - 1839 - 510 pages
...time, to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he ente-ed on the active duties of the ministry. " Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most important in Mr.... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put...moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers,... | |
 | 1832 - 438 pages
...minutes to adorn their minds, observe their growth in virtue, and curb each wayward passion ! " For wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort, Might be too ruffled, and sometimes impaired.'' MILTON'S COMUS. Imploring that protective aid that... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1833 - 444 pages
...pleiid Milton's authority for the latter part of his sentiment, who very elegantly tells us that « Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,...her wings. That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however that season when all nature puts... | |
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Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow... 
