 | Netterville (fict.name.) - 1802 - 324 pages
...Newark's perfect recovery. — She brought me the inclosed manuscript and letter. .' i CHAP. IX. « O solitude ! where are the charms " Which sages have seen in thy face ? ' " Better dwell in the mid&t of alarms, " Than reign in this horrible place ! •" Society, friendship,... | |
 | Catherine Read Williams - 1830 - 230 pages
...shall not fntempt to introduce it in her style. TALE FIRST. CHAPTER I. NARRATIVE OP ROSANNA EDDY. " Oh Solitude, where are the charms " Which sages have seen in thy facer " Better dwell ia the midst of alarms, " Thau to reign in this horrible place.'* ABOUT one hundred... | |
 | Benjamin Morrell - 1832 - 512 pages
...none to dispute,'* the subsequent sentiment was doubtless more frequently present tb his mind: •' O solitude, where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face! . • Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." For some time after... | |
 | William Martin - 1871 - 388 pages
..." " Eather," was the reply, followed by an apt quotation from Cowper's " Alexander Selkirk," — ' Oh, solitude, where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. ' But, for all that, I wasn't... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea * I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face : Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this desolate place. I am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...is none to dispute ; From the centre* all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude ! where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign* in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach';... | |
 | 1855 - 560 pages
...to my marriage, and seclusion in this charming — •" " Ah !" I groaned. " Eural solitude—" " 0 Solitude ! where are the charms which sages have seen in thy face ?" said I, under my breath. " I was quite a musician." " The— ahem ! You don't say so." " Yes, sir;... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...is none to dispute ; From the centre* all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign3 in this horrihle place. 1 am out of humanity's reach... | |
 | 1863 - 316 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms, Which sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | James Inches Hillocks - 1865 - 328 pages
...I. RETIRE AND LOOK BACK. HEN the voice was past, " Jesus was fonnd alone." The poet has said — " Oh, solitude ! where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place." There are some who dread... | |
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They have literally nothing whatever to talk about. The arrival of an American man-of-war is a godsend to them. " Oh, Solitude ' where are the charms which sages have seen in thy face? 
