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" Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within... "
Observations on Pope - Page 265
by Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 348 pages
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...fee to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea funk. And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude,...her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all to ruffl'd, and fometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breaft May fit i'th'...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 2

1728 - 344 pages
...AndWifdom'sfelf :Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude: -< 5 Where, with her btft Nurfe, Cvntetnplatim, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her Wings', That in the -various Buftle of Refirt ... 'JVtre all tot ruffled, and fometimes impaired: •He that has Lifht within his own clear...
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Paradise regain'd, a poem. To which is added Samson agonistes; and Poems ...

John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea funk i And Wifdom's fetf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude i Where with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wing*, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. He that has...
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The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing. Interspersed with Theatrical ...

John Hill - Acting - 1750 - 350 pages
...fame breath, Wifdom's felf Oft fecks a fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe comemplatipn, She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled and fometimes impair'd. : i B 5 And And afterwards, No evil thing that walks by night...
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - 1753 - 374 pages
...fun and moon YVere in the flat fea funk. And wifdom'sfelf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes...lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of reIbrt Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own cle,.r breaft...
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The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Volume 2

Tatler - 1754 - 338 pages
...radiant Light, the ' Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea funk. And Wif.ionfi fi If Oft Jteks tu facet retired Solitude : Where, with her beft Nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her Feathers, and lets gio'ui her Wings, That in the various Buftle of Rtfirt He that las Light within his own clear Srcaft,...
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A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation

Richard Hurd - Imitation in literature - 1757 - 90 pages
...lines of Milton in his Comus, Wifdom'sfelf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude, • Where with her heft nurfe, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and...her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. On which Dr. Warburton has the following note. " Mr. Pope...
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A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation

Richard Hurd, William Mason - Imitation (in literature) - 1757 - 88 pages
...dexterity in contending with a great " original." You remember thefe lines of Milton in his Comus, Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude,...beft nurfe, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, arid lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes...
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...though fun and moon Were in the flat fea funk. And wifdom'sfelf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes...her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breaft May fit...
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added, Samson ...

John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...though fun and moon Were in the flat fea funk. And wifdom'sfelf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft. nurfe contemplation She plumes...her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breaft May fit...
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