 | Anne MacVicar Grant - 1807 - 238 lehte
...Mr. Macintosh by his intimates, on account of bis HigKland enthusiasm. 4 " O why " O why, siace lite can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die," should the few among us who understand its value, squander it so lavishly, and leave so little for... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 lehte
...into two hemistichs or half verses, and seems to give the reader time to breathe, as " Awake my St. John — leave all meaner things " To low ambition...free — o'er all this scene of man, " A mighty maze — yet not without a plan." Here the pause is finely varied, and the harmony complete, whereas in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 lehte
...our present and future state. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and tlie pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more...Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! bnt not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with... | |
 | 1808 - 408 lehte
...the absolute submission due to Providence, both as to our present and future state. AWAKF, my Saiut John! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us, since life can little mon supply Than just to look about us, and to die, Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 lehte
...Providence, both as to our present and future state, ver. 281, to the end. EPISTLE I. A WAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things .**. To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life ran little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 464 lehte
...it, as a divine if you like it, pr as a badineur, if you think that more effectual. * Awake^ my St. John, leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Bis lordship was, however, so much taken up with the lower and more paltry concerns of politickt, that... | |
 | Young lady - 1809 - 204 lehte
...in whatever is hurtful, and compel them to remove and keep at a distance every thing of this sort. Let us (since life can little more supply. Than just...scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan. What an inscrutable abyss is the knowledge of the incomprehensible Author of Nature, who, in so stupendous... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 lehte
...consequence of all the absolute submit sion due to Providence, loth as to our present and future etatc. Ijet us, since life can little more supply Than just to look alxtfit us, and to die., Expatiate free... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 lehte
...line into two hemistichs or half verses, and seems to give the reader time to breathe, as Awake my St. John — -leave all meaner things To low ambition — and the pride of kings; I,rt us — since lite can little more supply, Than just to look about us — and to (lie, Expatiate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 lehte
...present and future state, ver. 281, to the end. EPISTLE L AWAKK, my St, John ! leave all meaner thing* To low ambition and the pride of Kings. Let us (since...Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze t but not without a plan : A wild, where weeds and (lowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden, tempting with... | |
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AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die... 
