Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. What Men Have Said about Woman ... - Página 72editado por - 1865 - 320 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Russel - 1816 - 122 páginas
...light ; ' She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, ' Has little understanding, and no wit, ' Receives no praise : but (though her lot be such, ' Toilsome...sparkling eyes, ' Her title to a treasure in the skies. ' O happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! ' His the mere tinsel, her's the rich reward ; ' He prais'd perhaps... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 230 páginas
...pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He prais'd perhaps for... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 páginas
...sphere hy nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; hut, thongh her lot he such (Toilsome and indigent), she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bihle true — A truth the hrilliant Frenchman never knew . And in that charter reads with sparkling... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 páginas
...nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise , hut, though her lot he sucli (Toilsome and indigent), she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bihle true — A truth the hrilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 314 páginas
...pocket light; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, (Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise; but, though her lot be such, Toilsome and...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; l1e prais'd perhaps... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 páginas
...pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature lit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but, tho.ugh her lot be such, (Toilsome...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward; He prais'd, perhaps,... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 páginas
...pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome...indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no m0re, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 196 páginas
...light ; i She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, i Has little understanding, and no wit, , Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; i Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilh'ant Frenchman never knew ;... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 páginas
...between the much admired but most wretched French poet and philosopher, and the humble lace maker — who "Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. " 0 happy peasant, most unhappy bard — Hh tne mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised perhaps... | |
| 1843 - 628 páginas
...picture of the cottager whom Cowper so finely contrasts with Voltaire as one who " Just knew, and knew no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew." From the town, we bent our steps to the churchyard, and pacing in its quiet walks, we mused upon the... | |
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