 | Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...read Young, my heart was broken to think of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwards, I took it into my head, that where there was so much lamentation...suffering ; and I could not help applying to him sometimes thoselines of a song, " Believe me, the shepherd but feigns ; " He's wretched, to show he has wit."... | |
 | 1806 - 572 pages
...1 When I first read Young, my heart was broken to tliink of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwarde, I took. it in my head, that where there was so much...there could not be excessive suffering ; and I could uot help applying to him sometimes those lines of * song, " Believe me the shepherd but feigns; He's... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 406 pages
...When I first read Young, my heart was broken to think of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwards, l took it in my head, that where there was so much lamentation,...lines of a song, Believe me, the shepherd but feigns ; He 's wretched, to show he has wit. On talking with some of Dr. Young's particular friends in England,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...wild mountain, by the light of the moon, at midnight. Such things may help to soften a rugged mind. When I first read Young, my heart was broken to think...shepherd but feigns ; He's wretched, to show he has wit.' I have since fonnd, from his friends, that my conjecture was right." It is difficult to find a young... | |
 | Robert Southey - Commonplace books - 1849 - 650 pages
...found in walking alone in a church yard, or in a wild mountain, by the light of the moon at midnight. " When I first read Young my heart was broken to think...those lines of a song, Believe me, the shepherd but fayns; He's wretched, to show he has wit. On talking with some of Dr. Young's friends in England, I... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 656 pages
...found in walking alone in a church yard, or in a wild mountain, by the light of the moon at midnight. " When I first read Young my heart was broken to think...those lines of a song, Believe me, the shepherd but fayns ; He's wretched, to show he has wit. On talking with some of Dr. Young's friends in England,... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1852 - 528 pages
...character to introduce some shrewd observations of Beattie, the sweet poet of Scotland. He says : — " When I first read Young my heart was broken to think...of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwards I took it into my head that where there was so much lamentation there could not be excessive suffering ; and... | |
 | Edward Young - 1856 - 536 pages
...character to introduce some shrewd observations of Beattie, the sweet poet of Scotland. He says : — " When I first read Young my heart was broken to think...of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwards I took it into my head that where there was so much lamentation there could not be excessive suffering ; and... | |
 | Edward Young - 1856 - 556 pages
...some shrewd observations of Beattie, the sweet poet of Scotland. He says : — " When I first rend Young my heart was broken to think of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwards I took it into my head that where there was so much lamentation there could not be excessive suffering ; and... | |
 | 1870 - 774 pages
...first read Young, my heart was broke to think of the poor man's afflictions. Afterward I took into my head, that where there was so much lamentation,...applying to him, sometimes, those lines of a song : ' Eelieve mo, the Shepherd but feigns He's wretched, to show ho has wit.' Oa talking with some of... | |
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When I first read Young, my heart was broken to think of the poor man's afflictions. Afterwards, I took it in my head, that where there was so much lamentation, there could not be excessive suffering ; and I could not help applying to him sometimes those... 