 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 Seiten
...dust ' ^ Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth' 'disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp, In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now, that tickling rheums... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp, In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now, that tickling rheums... | |
 | 1802 - 302 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp, In playing tricks with nature, giving laws 165 To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is 't not a pity, now, that tickling... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now, that tickling rheums... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp, In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now, that tickling rheums... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor' shallow lamp, In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now, that tickling rheums... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 Seiten
...learned dnst Involves the combatants; each claiming trnth, And trnth disclaiming both. And thns they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp In playing tricks with natnre, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now, that tickling... | |
 | 1843 - 628 Seiten
...learned dust, Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp, In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Defend me, therefore, Common Sense! say I,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp In playing tricks with nalure, giving laws To distant worh!s, and trifling in their own. Is't not a pity now that tickling... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 Seiten
...learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling in their own. Is 't not a pity now, that tickling rheums... | |
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Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants ; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp In playing tricks with nature, giving laws To distant worlds, and trifling... 
