With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer - Pagina 156door Walter Scott - 1820 - 358 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| George Crabbe - 1812 - 430 pagina’s
...school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame ; Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these... | |
| George Crabbe - 1816 - 250 pagina’s
...school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 pagina’s
...obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him—in every other respect, With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame; Men watched the way his lofty iniud would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. But it could not be expected that he... | |
| George Crabbe - 1823 - 274 pagina’s
...school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these... | |
| George Crabbe - 1823 - 486 pagina’s
...school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame: Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pagina’s
...school the youthful herogain'd. And trials there with manly strength snstain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame: Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take. And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these... | |
| George Crabbe - 1899 - 540 pagina’s
...school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 880 pagina’s
...obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him ; in every other re spect, With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong...Men watched the way his lofty mind would take, And alt foretold the program he would make. But it could not be expected that he should resist the snare... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 pagina’s
...RICHARD TAYLOR, ESQ. ; OR, LIFE IN LONDON. CHAPTER IX.— FRANKLAND THE BARRISTER. With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong...of fame ; Men watched the way his lofty mind would tnke, .And all foretold the progreia he would make. C RABBI. I can well remember that we first met... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pagina’s
...Vith prospects bright upon the world he came, 'ure love of virtue, strong desire of fame: Jen watch'd in the streets By wandering rhapsodists ; and in contempt Of douht and hold Boast of these friends, to older men в guide. Proud of his parts, but gracious in his pride; He bore... | |
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