Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth: Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joy»,... The Saturday Magazine - Page 1331841Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1891 - 204 pages
...humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoyed—spare feast!—a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such...Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth; Nor do wo madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That made them an intruder on... | |
| Charles John Smith - English language - 1893 - 796 pages
...fair sequence and succession ?" SHAKESPEARE. "Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull. Nor soch as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth." COWPER. FOPPISH. FINICAL. DANDYISH. SPRUCE. COXCOMBICAL. FOPPISH (Dut. Joppen, to Jeride, to mock).... | |
| Literature - 1894 - 916 pages
...Cowper's "Task " we flnd (1. 170):— " The customary rites Of the last meal commence; a Roman meal. Hagemann Pub. Co. Themes of a graver tone, Exciting oft our gratitude and love. While we retrace, with memory's pointing... | |
| Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoy*d spare feast, a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or prescribes the sound of mirth : Nor do we madly, like an impious worH, Who deem religion frenzy, and... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoy'd spare feast, a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or prescribes the sound of mirth : Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and... | |
| William Cowper - 1898 - 334 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoyed, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play 175 Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth ; Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion... | |
| William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoyed, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such as with a frown forbids the play 175 Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth ; Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion... | |
| William Francis Collier - American literature - 1902 - 592 pages
...shade. Enjoyed, spare feast I a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Hoi such as with a frown forbids the play Of fancy, or proscribes tbe sound of mirth; Nor do we madly, like an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 716 pages
...humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoy'd — spare feast ! — a radish and an egg ! Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such...an impious world, Who deem religion frenzy, and the Q-od That made them an intruder on their joys, Start at his awful name, or deem his praise 180 A jarring... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 916 pages
...their humble doors, And under an old oak's domestic shade, Enjoyed, spare feast ! a radish and an egg. Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull, Nor such...sound of mirth ; Nor do we madly, like an impious workj Who deem religion frenzy, and the God That made them an intruder on their joys, Start at His... | |
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