 ... lap of Earth, A Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown ; Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery all...  The Court of Session Garland - Page 130by James Maidment - 1888 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ovid - 1755 - 306 pages
...Business and to Law well known ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Litigation mark'd him as her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul...disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode; (There ttiey, like many a lawyer's, now repose) The bosom of his Father and his God. -«4 C. M«L—... | |
 | Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...acquaintance, for the many virtues he possessed , but particularly by those, who knew him best : " No fariher seek his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his father and his Sod." The last soKran... | |
 | 560 pages
...possession of his senses. He had great merit, but he was a man of sorrow and misfortune. " No farther seek his merits to disclose, " Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode, " There they alike in trembling hope repose, " The bosom of his father and his God." GRAY. Blood taken... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...passed since the! grave closed over his virtues and his infirmities, that we should now " No farther seek his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode !" Under these impressions it might have been expected that Mr. Bowles would either not have engaged... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 694 pages
...passed since the grave closed over his virtues and his infirmities, that we should now " No farther seek his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode!" Under these impressions it might have been expected that Mr. Bowles would either not have engaged in... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1825 - 830 pages
...Opinions of \apolton Jionnpurte in his last /lines* umd just previous to kit Dissolution. No farther sock his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode; There they alike in trembling hope repose, The bosom of his Father and his God ! GRAY. Islington, SIR,... | |
 | Hannibal Evans Lloyd - Russia - 1826 - 608 pages
...as a private individual he would have been one of the most virtuous and amiable of men. " No farther seek his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his father and his God." ALEXANDER I. EMPEROR... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Misery all he had— a tear ; He gained from Heaven — ucUantin^ly pretty ; We uevt*r*can вее *ucY\ a Xfcmc \\\ \\w-, «\v . Or draw hie frailties from their dread abode — There they alike in trembling hope repose — The... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pages
...then, was a good Son, a good Brother, a good Friend, a good Husband, and a good Father. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode; There they alike in trembling hope repose, The bosom of his Father and his God. BlockwoocCi Mag. THE... | |
 | Walter Scott - Waverley novels. Selections - 1833 - 416 pages
...original Driver, we cannot more appropriately conclude than in the following well known stanza : — " No further seek his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their drear abode, Where they alike in trembling hope repose, The bosom of his father and his God !" DRIVER'S... | |
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