And through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course : him for the studious shade Kind nature form'd, deep, comprehensive, clear, Exact, and elegant ; in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully... The Life of Joseph Priestly: LL.D., F.R.S., &c., with Critical Observations ... - Page 91by John Corry - 1804 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1822 - 278 pages
...through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course : him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd, deep,...elegant : in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join'd. 16 Algernon Sidney. The great deliverer he ! who from the gloom Of cloister'd monks,... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course ; him for the studious shade Kind nature formM, deep, comprehensive, clear, Exact and elegant ; in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join'd. Let Newton, pure intelligence, whom God To mortals lent to trace his boundless works... | |
| James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course: him for the studious shade Kind nature form'd, deep,...elegant: in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join'd. The great deliverer he! who from the gloom Of cloister'd monks, and jargon-teaching schools.... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm, but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course ; him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd, deep, comprehensive, clear, Exact, and elegant ; in tine rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tullyjoin'd. The great deliverer he ! who from the gloom... | |
| James Thomson - 1826 - 438 pages
...forward still To urge his course; him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd; deep, comprebensive, clear, Exact, and elegant, in one rich soul, PLATO, the STAGYRITE, and TLLLY join'd. The great deliverer he! who from the gloom Of cloister'd monks, and jargon-teaching schools... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...through the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still To urge his course : him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd, deep,...elegant : in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join'd. The great deliverer he ! who from the gloom Of cloister'd monks, and jargon-teaching... | |
| 1831 - 548 pages
...acquiescing in any thing, and Thomson sings of Bacon thus: • Him for the studious shade. Kind nature formed deep, comprehensive, clear, Exact and elegant, in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagirite and Tully joined." There is possibly some truth in what St. Simon says of D'Aguesseau, in... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...thro' the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm but pliant virtue, forward still 60 To urge his course. Him for the studious shade, Kind nature form'd, deep,...elegant ; in one rich soul, Plato, the Stagyrite and Tully join'd. The great deliverer he ! who from the gloom 65 Of cloister'd monks, and jargon-teachm"schools,... | |
| James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...the smooth barbarity of courts, With firm, but pliant virtue, forward still •'I'o urge his course ; him for the studious shade Kind Nature form'd ; deep,...clear, , Exact and elegant ; in one rich soul,— - - / , }, •_'. Pla'.o, the, Stagyrite, and Tully join'd. The great deliverer he ; who from the gloom... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...but pliant virtue forward still To urge his course : him for the studious shade Kind nature formed, deep, comprehensive, clear. Exact, and elegant ; in one rich soul Plato, the Stagyrite, and 'fully joined. The great deliverer he, who from the gloom Of cloistered monks, and jargon-teaching... | |
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