 But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and, at first, it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too...  Spare minutes, ed. by G. Slade - الصفحة 57المحررون: - 1904عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1719 - عدد الصفحات: 648
...Retirements, it began to put on Darknefs, and to decline to Softnefs^ and the Symptoms of a ficklyAge: It bowed the Head, and broke its Stalk, and at Night having loft fome of its Leaves, and all itsBeau»y, it fell into the Portion of Weeds and worn-out Faces.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...breath had forced open its virgin-modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to de>cline to softness,...worn-out faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents, rottenness and cold dishonour f ." * Holy Dying,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...breath had forced open its virgin-modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness,...worn-out faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman; the heritage of worms and serpents, rottenness and cold dishonour f." * Holy Dying, 8vo.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 582
....tntl disits too youthi'ul and uniij>e7etorenien«e, v{-beg»u in pat«a darkness, and to decline tcr softness and the symptoms of a sickly age; it bowed...leaves and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of tveedi and out-worn faces. * When the sentence of death is decreed, and- begins to be put in execution,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...darkness, and to decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the Lead, and Jjroke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of vveeds and out-worn faces. On the gradual Progress of Plan's Reason. A third partof our life is spent... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 1152
...breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness and the MAY. THOMAS MAY, poet and historian, was descended of an ancient family at Mayfield, in Sussex, and... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...modesty, and dismantled its too yo.ithful and unripe retireaients, it began to pu!. on .-l,i;;, ness, and to decline to softness and th-e symptoms of a sickly age ; ft bowed the head, and broke its stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - عدد الصفحات: 546
...breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness...leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion qf weeds and out-worn faces. On the gradual Progress of Man's Reason. A third part of our life is spent... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness...sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke its stalk, end at night having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds... | |
 | 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...breath had farced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces.' — JEREMY TAYLOR'. 1 The beautiful and well known lines of Cowper, ' The rost had... | |
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