 | John Mitchell - British - 1805 - 260 pages
...of freedom as circumstances will permit. And, involving much of the dignity and comfort of mankind, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, 101 And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - Aboriginal Australians - 1805 - 272 pages
...punishment ; J exclaimed with enthusiasm, ; ; *'•* • • • v . ••. . • • i '• ,;t "Pis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, Ari4 we are weeds without it, ; v « i When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...late Count Bernstoff, in gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome large room,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...late Count Bernstoff, in gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome large room,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...• V As dreadful as the Manichean god, - . • .' i Adored through fear, strong only to dtstrdy.. J 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting...lustre and perfume; And We are -weeds without it. All constrain^. Except \vha-t wisdom lays oh -evil men,. -.-.. .. ..- .: ,-• ItfO THE TASK. BCOK VIs... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Denmark - 1806 - 342 pages
...it : it was erected by the peasants of the late Count Bernstoff, iu gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'er Of fleeting...lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome large room,... | |
 | G. Paterson - Aboriginal Australians - 1811 - 648 pages
...vices was for a moment absorbed in the greatness of their punishment ; I exclaimed with enthusiasm, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. " When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the camp, the employments of the women,... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 500 pages
...mysterious proceedings of Rodolphus, and procure a release from this unjust confinement. CHAP. CHAP. XI. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we art weeds without it. All constraint, . » £xcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 pages
...elements of true happiness. After expatiating on the great blessings of political liberty, which, " gives the flower of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, and we are weeds without it," he goes on to speak of A liberty unsung, By poets and by senators unpraised, Which mouarchs cannot... | |
 | Henry Ker - Mexico - 1816 - 392 pages
...it brought to my mind so forcibly the lines of a favourite poet, that I could not help exclaiming, " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we ait; weeds without it." At dark I encamped, after having come nearly five miles. I now examined the... | |
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Tis liberty alon-e that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; • And we are weeds without it. 
