 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...fcience ; blinds The eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueeza! By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...fcience ; blinds The cycfight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofc that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thylofs of empire, and though fqucez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...; blinds • The eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee, therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueezM By public exigence,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...fcience ; blinds Tlie eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, "With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...fcience ; blinds The eye-fight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs .of empire, and -though fqueez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...fcience; blinds The eyefight of difcov'ry; and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind BeftiaJ, a meagre intellect, unfit TO be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueez'd By public exigence... | |
 | 482 pages
...fcience; blinds The eye-fight of difcovery, and begets, In thofe that futTerit, a.ibrdid mind, l!i:(li;il, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thoU art, • With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqucez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...fcience ; blinds The eyfight of difcov'ry ; and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Bettial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form, Thee thece.ore irill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lots of empire, and though fqueei'd By public... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind....tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame worthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeez'd By public exigence till... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The...those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intelleft, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. 455 Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as thou... | |
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Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds The... 
