 | Pliny (the Younger.), John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1751 - 524 lehte
...lady, fuffer •toe to give you his thoughts of her in the following verfcs ; If pureft virtue, fenfe refin'd in youth, Religious wifdom, and a love of truth, A mind, that knew no thought ignobly mesn ; A temper fweedy chearfui, yet ferene ; A breaft, that glow'd with thofe immortal fires, Which... | |
 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1773 - 328 lehte
....djat.it had been a very <. extcnfive pile of building."" ' f B, viii, £piftk ;, * »>-' . A mind . A mind that knew no thought ignobly mean, A temper...fweetly chearful, yet ferene, A breaft that glow'd with thofe immortal fires Which godlike charity alone infpires ; If thefe could lengthen fate's tremendous... | |
 | 1780 - 498 lehte
...has been drawn by Loid Orrery himfelf, in his Obfervations on Pliny : If pureft virtue, fenfe reftVd in youth, Religious wifdom, and a love of truth, A mind that knew no thought ignobly mean, A temper uveetiy chear'ful, yet ferene, A breaft that glow'd with thofe immortal fires Which god-like charity... | |
 | Mark Noble - 1806 - 540 lehte
...her, in his Observa* lions on Pliny : " If purest virtues, sense refin'd in youth; " Religious wisdom, and a love of truth; " A mind that knew no thought ignobly mean; " A temper sweetly cheerful, jet serene; " A breast that glow'd with those immortal fires " Which godlike charity... | |
 | John Burke - 1833 - 238 lehte
...Epistles, paid the following tribute : It purest virtue, sense rcfin'd in youth. Religious wisdom, and a love of truth, A mind that knew no thought ignobly mean, A temper sweetly cheerful, yet serene, A breast that glow'd with those immortal fira Which godlike charity alone... | |
 | John Burke - 1833 - 228 lehte
...Epistles, paid the following tribute : If purest virtue, sense reftn'd in youth, Religious wisdom, and a love of truth, A mind that knew no thought Ignobly mean, A temper sweetly cheerful, yet serene, A breast that glow'd with those immortal fires Which godlike charity... | |
 | Emily Charlotte De Burgh-Canning Boyle Countess of Cork and Orrery - 1903 - 396 lehte
...WIFE OF JOHN, EARL OF CORK AND ORRERY. IF purest Virtue, Sense refin'd in Youth, Religious Wisdom, and a love of Truth, A mind that knew no thought ignobly mean, A Temper sweetly cheerful, yet serene, A Breast that glow'd with those immortal fires If these could lengthen... | |
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If these could lengthen Fate's tremendous doom, And snatch one moment from the gaping tomb. Death had, relenting, thrown his dart aside, And Harriet, oh, my Harriet I had not died. 