 | 1798 - 524 pages
...mifinformed — A. 1 confefs, appearances are agaiftft me, but, to quote another poet — ." And this my life, exempt from public haunt, Find« tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in ftones, and good in every thing." Whatever I fee and hear is to me a fubjeft of... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 348 pages
...like Bath, coxild produce fuch a meditation, it might fairly be expected, that he would " In riper life, exempt from public haunt, " Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, " Sermons in ftones, and good in every thing." Thefe few words of Shakefpear have often appeared... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...scene like Bath, could produce such a meditation, it might fairly be expected, that he would " In riper life, exempt from public haunt, " Find tongues in trees, 'books in the running brooks, " Sermons in stones, and good in every thing," These few words of Shakespear have often appeared... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...sides to secure his retreat. A few quiet and rational neighbours are sufficient to him who in solitude, Exempt from public haunt, Find* tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. As You Like It. Second-Hand Wits. There are many... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 372 pages
...scene like Bath, could produce such a meditation, it might fairly be expected that he would " In riper life, exempt from public haunt, Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." Though extreme diffidence, and a tendency to despond,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 384 pages
...scene like Bath, could produce such a meditation, it might fairly be expected that he would " In riper life, exempt from public haunt, Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." Though extreme diffidence, and a tendency to despond,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...and regard ; and, to adopt the words of Shakspeare, he was truly one of those who, " In riper years, exempt from public haunt, Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. The rapid and splendid success of his second volume... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...scene like Bath, could produce such a meditation, it might fairly be expected that he would " In riper life, exempt from public haunt, Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." Though extreme diffidence* and a tendency to despond,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 pages
...doubly endear that pensive leisure in which we can " think down hours to moments," and in This our life, exempt from public haunt, Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. Shafapeare. Besides, to speak truly, few men, however... | |
 | 1860 - 784 pages
...like Bath, could produce such a meditation, it might fairly be expected that he would '• In riper y in the com* T brooks. Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." Though extreme diffidence, and a tendency to despond,... | |
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Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. 
