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" Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's... "
Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms: A Guide to Correct Writing ... - Page 297
by Thomas Edie Hill - 1876 - 298 pages
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...excellently expressed in his Elegy these sacrificial offerings to the great from the poetick trihe: " To heap the shrine of luxury and pride " With incense kindled at the muse's flame." Waktfield. 2 - through him Drink the frec air.] That is, catch his hreath in affected fondA similar...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 470 pages
...excellently expressed in his Elegy these sacrificial offerings to the great from the poetirk trihe: " To heap the shrine of luxury and pride " With incense kindled at the muse's flame." Wakefield. 2 through him Drink the free air.] That is, catch his hreath in affected fondness. Johnson....
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...but their crimes confin'd, r'orbade to wade thro' slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of merry on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blusliesof ingenuous shame, )r heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; Tlif struggling |wngs of conscious truth to hide, Tiujucnch 1'ridc With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. I'jrfrom the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...eireumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind....incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never leam'd to stray j Along the cool scqucster'd...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...circumscrili'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confm'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind....and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Tar from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...The;r growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, Aud shut the gates of mercy on mankind. The struggling...and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame, 4Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the...
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A criticism on the Elegy written in a country church yard. Being a ...

John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...confined: Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; XVIII. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To...and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. XIX. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray : Along...
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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...confined: Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; B XVIII. The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To...and pride, With incense kindled at the muse's flame. XIX. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray : Along...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mank nd; The straggling pangs of conscious troth " 1810 Printed for J. Johnson; J. Nichols...Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faul madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd...
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