 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 Seiten
...withheld, indulging to his friends The vast unborrow'd treasures of his mind, Oh, speak the wondrous man ! how mild, how calm, How greatly humble, how divinely good, How firm establish'd on eternal truth ! KOFervent in doing well ; with every nerve Still pressing on, forgetful... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 1124 Seiten
...ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool,) I ain more." —2 Cbr, ri. " Oh, speak the wondrous man ! how mild, how calm, How greatly humble, how divinely good, How firm establish'd on eternal truth." — Thomson. IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION. ERRORS RESPECTING ADVERBS.... | |
 | 1899 - 702 Seiten
...Robaon, MA PKEPARATION OK THE PKINCIPIA — ITS SCOPE AND METHOD — SYNOPSIS OP FIRST Two SECTIONS. Fervent in doing well, with every nerve Still pressing...forgetful of the past, And panting for perfection. — Tkonitkni. In November, 1684, Halley, having received the promised communication from Newton, made... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 280 Seiten
...their testimony to the goodness and humility of his disposition : — " Oh, speak the wondrous man ! how mild, how calm, How greatly humble, how divinely...cares and visionary joys, That so perplex the fond impassion'd heart Of ever-cheated, ever-trusting man." The poem concludes with an expression of patriotic... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - 1910 - 280 Seiten
...their testimony to the goodness and humility of his disposition : — " Oh, speak the wondrous man ! how mild, how calm, How greatly humble, how divinely good ; How firm establish'd on eternal truth ; Fervent in doing well, with every nerve Still pressing on, forgetful... | |
 | William Larkin Webb - 1913 - 500 Seiten
...of generous appreciation, as in spite of public indifference, the poet Thomson speaks of him thus: How greatly humble, how divinely good, How firm established...cares and visionary joys That so perplex the fond impasssioned heart Of ever-cheated, ever-trusting man." When will an American poet sing of the labors... | |
 | Norbert Hardy Wallis - 1924 - 244 Seiten
...of a great seeker after knowledge— " How greatly humble, how divinely good, How firm establish'd on eternal truth ; Fervent in doing well, with every...cares and visionary joys, That so perplex the fond impassion'd heart Of ever-cheated, ever-trusting man ".4 The same poet's tribute to Congreve5 is less... | |
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How firm established on eternal truth; Fervent in doing well, with every nerve Still pressing on, forgetful of the past, And panting for perfection... 
