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" Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. "
The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements ... - Page 239
by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...Letter to the Hon. T Maitland. LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. Women, like princes, find few real friends. Adviee to a Lady. What...
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The American Bibliopolist, Volume 6

1874 - 414 pages
...attached. London, 1667. $1.50 COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SONGS. With an Appendix. 8vo, calf. London, 1796. $3.25 "Not one immoral, one corrupted thought ; One line, which dying, he could wish to blot." COLLIEB, JOHN PAYNE. Book of Hoxburghe Ballads. 4», half calf. Scarce. Lon~ don, 1847. $8.00 CROKEB,...
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The American Bibliopolist, Volumes 6-7

1874 - 992 pages
...attached. London, 1667. $1.50 COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SONGS. With an Appendix. 8vo, calf. London, 1796. $3.25 "Not one immoral, one corrupted thought ; One line, which dying, he could wish 10 blot" COLLIEB, JOHN PAYNE. Book of Boxburghe Ballads. 4to, half calf. Scarce. London, 1847. $800...
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Familiar Quotations ...

John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Prior's Life of Burke, 1790. LORD LYTTELTON. 1709-1773. For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. Women, like princes, find few real friends. Advice to a Lady. is...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...charm'd each ear and soften'd every heart. LORD LYTTELTON. For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaventaught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. LORD LYTTELTON : Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. What neede my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,...
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Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations

1877 - 362 pages
...Muse. — For his chaste MUSE employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passious to iuspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought. One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. Lord LYTTELTON, ProUigne to Thomton's CorManus. Music. — I am never merry when I hear sweet MUSIC....
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Carleton's Hand-book of Popular Quotations: A Book of Ready Reference for ...

G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 pages
...and gives immortal fame. YOUNG, Love of Fame. Muse — For his chaste MUSE employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. Lord LYTTELTON, Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanta. Music. — I am never merry when I hear sweet MUSIC....
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...charm'd each ear and soften'd every heart. LORD LYTTELTON. For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaventaught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. LORD LYTTELTON : Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. What neede my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson, Volumes 1-2

James Thomson - 1878 - 754 pages
...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...thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. O may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior now...
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Essays and Lyrics

Samuel Smiles Jerdan - 1878 - 286 pages
...what is called "the fleshly school" of poetry. In his own writings he " uttered nothing base "— " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." LITERARY REMAINS. As already remarked, Mr. JERDAN'S prose writings took the ephemeral form of popular...
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