...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp' rate prime, Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears,...

...rigid disciplinarian, or by the most furious zealot, CHAPTER XX. " But grant the virtues of a temperate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime....Whose peaceful day benevolence endears. Whose night cougratulating conscience cheers, The general fav'rite, as the general friend : Such age there is,...

...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,...

...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,...

...of a temperate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts in unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose...Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers; The general favourite, as the general friend : Such age there is, and who could wish its end ! Yet e'en...

...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temperate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts in unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears, Whose...

...virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; "An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence...night congratulating Conscience cheers ; The gen'ral fav rite as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who shall wish its end ° ? Yet ev'n on this...

...suspicious eyes, Unlocks bis gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime...endears, Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers ;. p 2 The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral frienii ; Such age there is, and who shall wish its end...

...now an age, of which he might say in the words of the poet — " An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose...as the gen'ral friend; Such age there is, and who shall wish its end?" No attack had been made upon the learned judge. His learned friend had merely...

...which the same writer has described, when warmed with poetic fire, " An age that melts in unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose...endears, Whose night congratulating conscience cheers." Though anticipating, perhaps, some of the evils of age before they came upon him, and therefore desirous...