 But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and, at first, it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too...  Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Page 44by Nathan Drake - 1805 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and uuripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and te decline to softness, and the symptoms of a sickly...fell into the portion of weeds and worn-out faces."* But besides, admitting that you should live, isnot Tour inclination likely, if possible, to be less... | |
 | J. Hughes - 1836 - 204 pages
...modesty, and dismantled its unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and decline to softness; it bowed the head, and broke its stalk, and at night,...all its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds.' The general character of her religious experience was joyous. "There was an occasional gloom, which... | |
 | Charles Valentine De Grice - Authors, English - 1836 - 322 pages
...the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke the stalk, and... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Authors, English - 1836 - 312 pages
...the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke the stalk, and... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1837 - 1130 pages
...with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece; but when a rude breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and dust." All present were exceedingly affected ; but I thought it became me, in these moments of entering... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...a lamb's fleece-— but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on...decline to softness, and the symptoms of a sickly age---it bowed the head and broke the stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1838 - 610 pages
...the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1838 - 612 pages
...the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece : but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...lost some of its leaves and all its beauty, it fell, &c. i Dedication to Holy Dying. f Holy Dying. The wild fellow in Petronius that escaped upon a broken... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1839 - 604 pages
...the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but, when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke the stalk, and, at night, having lost some of its leaves and all its beauty, it fell into the portion... | |
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