 Piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers.  Public Characters - Page 2581805Full view - About this book
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 lehte
...the Johnsons, whose very voices we seem to hear as they move about almost under our eyes. " Not rude nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers,.' one has said who was himself both an antiquary and a poet; and doubtless there is at least iu some... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1841 - 778 lehte
...piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictnr'd stores. Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strown with flowers.' — p. 96. The example of Thomas Warton incited many of his contemporaries to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 428 lehte
...and illuminated the feudal priest, with the love of the votary, who deemed, in his " lone-hours," " Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers." His miniature is exquisitely touched. " He was not only the poet of his monastery,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 426 lehte
...illuminated the feudal priest, with the love of the vo-* tary, who deemed, in his " lone-hours," " Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers." His miniature is exquisitely touched. " He was not only the poet of his monastery,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 400 lehte
...and illuminated the feudal priest, with the love of the votary, who deemed, in his " lone-hours," " Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strown with flowers." His miniature is exquisitely touched. " He was not only the poet of his monastery,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1842 - 366 lehte
...and illuminated the feudal priest, with the love of the votary, who deemed, in his " lone-hours," " Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but slrown with flowers." His miniature is exquisitely touched. " He was not only the poet of his monastery,... | |
 | William Gresley - 1843 - 284 lehte
...piercing eye explores New manners anil the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores ; Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers. Sonnet on Dugdale's Monmtiam, BY J. WARTOS. THE HISTORY OF MEKEVALE ABBEY, BY FATHER DUGALDUS. I, DITGALDUS,... | |
 | John Britton - 1843 - 26 lehte
...amongst the Ancients, and when his zealous and persevering labours will be duly appreciated. " Nor dull nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers." T. WABTO.N. JUNE 1, 1843. JB CATALOGUE RAISOKNEÏ BOOKS PRESENTED TO J. BRITTON.* The following list... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 lehte
...for the merchant and " the uncrested yeoman." " But let us view those things with closer eye.5> " Not rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers." In former days there were nine descriptions of gentry who could use coat armour, and for a fee they had... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 lehte
...explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores. Not nto my head, And I fell down in a swound. How long in that same fit I lay I have On Eentiting the River Loddon. Ah ! what a weary race my feet hare run Since first I trod thy banks... | |
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