 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...fcorn or crime ; i An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modeft innocence away; Whole peaceful day Benevolence endears, • Whofe night...as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who fhall wifh its end ? Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings, To prefs the weary minutes flagging... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modeft innocence away; Whofe...Whofe night congratulating Confcience cheers ; The The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who fhall wilh its end ? . Yet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1789 - 248 pages
...with an age exempt from (corn or crime ; An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modcft innocence away ; Whofe peaceful day Benevolence endears,...as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who could wifh its end ? Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings, To prefs the weary minutes flagging... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...innocence away; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating Conscience chcars ; ' The gen'ral fav'rite, as the gen'ral friend; - — Such age there is ; and who could wish its end I Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings^ To press the weary minutes' flagging... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 370 pages
...a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modeft innocence away ; Whofe...as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who mall wifh its end ? Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings, To prefs the weary minutes flagging... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...modefl innocence away ; Vvhofe peaceful day Benevolence endears, \Vhofe night congratulating Conlcience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who fhall wifh its end ? Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings, To prefs the weary minutes' flagging... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 422 pages
...temp' rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modeft innocence away ; Whofe...Whofe night congratulating Confcience cheers ; The The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who fhall wifh its end ? Yet ev'n... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...temp' rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modeft innocence away ; Whofe...day Benevolence endears, Whofe night congratulating Confidence cheers j The The gen'ral fav'rite as the g^n'ral friend : Such age there is, and who lhall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating conscience cheers, The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen-ral friend ; Such age there is, and who would wish its end ? Yet e'en on this her load misfortune flings, To press the weary minutes- flag^ng wings;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating conscience cheers ; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend : Such age there is, and who shall wish its end ? Yet e'en on this her load misfortune flings, To press the weary minutes' flagging... | |
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Conscience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end? Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings, To press the weary minutes' flagging wings: New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens,... 
