 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 páginas
...Robert Paterson, the ' Old Mortality ' of Sir Walter Scott, who was buried here February 1801. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil, Through Death's dim...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ?" — ED.] these mottoes in verse, there are in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, several... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 páginas
...else, the o'ergrown paths of time " Would thus the lettered sage explore, 58 THE FABLES OF FLORA. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil " Through death's dim...long-asserted spoil, " And lead OBLIVION into day? " Tis NATURE prompts, hy toil or fear " Unmoved, to range thro' death's domain: " The 'tender parent... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 páginas
...explore, " With pain thefe crumhling ruins «limh, " And on the douhtfol fculpture pore ? " Why fecks he with unwearied toil, " Through Death's dim walks to urge his way, " Reclaim his long-aft'erted fpoil " 'Tis Nature prompts, hy toil or fear 'l Unmov'd, to range through Death's domain:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 páginas
...letterM sage explore, With pain these crumbling ruins climb, And on the doubtful sculpture pore -. " Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks...his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day " 'Tis Nature prompts, by toil or fear Unmov'd, to range through death's domain ; The tender parent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 páginas
...sage explore, " With pain these cmmbh'ng ruins climb, " And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? " Why seeks he with unwearied toil " Through death's dim walks to urge his way, " Reclaim his long asserted spoil, " And lead oblivion into day ? " 'Tis nature prompts, by toil or fear " Unmov'd,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1816 - 354 páginas
...Edinburgh, Printed by James Ballantyne and Co, TALE II, OLD MORTALITY. CHAPTER I. Preliminary. Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks...evening. The buoyant spirit of childhood, repressed with ^ much difficulty during the tedious hours of disci * pline, may then be seen to explode, as it were,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1817 - 354 páginas
...in a fine character. — JARVIS'S Translation. TALE II. OLD MORTALITY. CHAPTER I. Preliminary. Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks...long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? LANGHORNE. "'JVlosr readers,'' says the Manuscript of Mr Pattieson, " must have witnessed with delight the joyous... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - 228 páginas
...think, incur your blame for extracting a passage which excites, in my mind, unmingled admiration. " Most readers," says the manuscript of Mr. Pattieson,...of a village-school on a fine summer evening. The br.oyant spirit of childhood, repressed with so much difficulty during the tedious hours of discipline,... | |
 | John Leycester Adolphus - 1822 - 340 páginas
...think, incur your blame for extracting a passage which excites, in my mind, unmingled admiration. ' Most readers,' says the manuscript of Mr. Pattieson,...the joyous ' burst which attends the dismissing of a village' school on a fine summer evening. The buoyant ' spirit of childhood, repressed with so much... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 278 páginas
...letter'd sage explore, With pain these crumbling ruins climh, And on the doubtful sculpture pore ? ' Why seeks he with unwearied toil Through Death's dim walks to urge his way, Reclaim his long asserted spoil, And lead Oblivion into day ? ' Tis Nature prompts, by toil or fear Unmoved, to... | |
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Preliminary. \Vhy seeks he with unwearied toil Through death's dim walks to urge his way, Reclaim his long-asserted spoil, And lead oblivion into day ? Langhorne. 
