| 1856 - 730 pages
...at the age of fourscore, the poor old man puts us in mind of Littleton's compliment to Thomson : " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." For although mostly penned under the heat of political excitement, while badgered by the wits of the... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...You heard him teach from Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre i None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not one...corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish Jo blot. 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...or forgot, The last and greatest art, the art to blot. POPE. — To Augustus, Epistle I. Line 280. Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. LTTTLE-N. — Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanng, Line 23. No song Of mine, from youth to age, has left... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...than his father. Johnsoniana. Piozzi 30. A good hater. Ibid. Piozzi 39. LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. Prologue to Thon^on's Coriolanus. None without hope e'er loved the brightest fair, But love can hope... | |
| Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 436 pages
...;" and Quin's eyes glistened, as he went through the noble eulogy of a poet, whose " Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre, None but the noblest passions...thought, One line, which, dying, he could wish to blot." The last night Quin played as an engaged actor, was at Covent Garden, on the 15th of May, 1751 ; the... | |
| Dr. Doran (John) - 1865 - 434 pages
...;" and Quin's eyes glistened, as he went through the noble eulogy of a poet, whose " Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre, None but the noblest passions...thought, One line, which, dying, he could wish to blot." The last night Quin played as an engaged actor, was at Covent Garden, on the 15th of May, 1751 ; the... | |
| 1865 - 794 pages
...life of Thomson, the accomplished author of the Seasons, who, as Lyttleton pithily observed, left " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." The erudition displayed in his exquisite poems would justify his being ranked amongst the most industrious... | |
| James Thomson - 1866 - 376 pages
...house, with j ust applause You heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted Ihought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. Oh, may to-night your favourable doom Another... | |
| George Charles L. Tottenham - 1868 - 526 pages
...needs dress up his infidelity in the most loathsome garments. It'll never be said of him that — ' His chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line which dying he could wish to blot.' ' He's very young,' said Drummond, handing Townsend a box of cigarets ; ' he may improve. It's to be... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...First edition :— ' Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free.' LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. FOR his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None...thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. Prologue to Thomsoris Coriolanns. None without hope e'er loved the brightest fair, But love can hope... | |
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