 | James Boswell - 1826 - 446 pages
...to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse...could shock my faith than Three in One ? In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose unintentionally, some touches of his own. i... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pages
...to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse...; What more could shock my faith than Three in One ? Thus : " The power that predominated in his intellectual operations was rather strong reason than... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...life : 'i My thoughtless youth was wing'cl with vain desires; Mv manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse...still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame ! » The « vain desires » of Dryden's « thoughtless youth» require no explanation : they obviously... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...his life : . My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse...still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame ! » The « vain desires » of Dryden's « thoughtless youth» require no explanation: they obviously... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, Folluw'd false lights ; and when their glimpse waa gone. My pride struck out new sparkles of her own....could shock my faith than Three In One !" In drawing Dry den's character, Johnson lias given, though I suppose unintentionally, some touches of his own.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 pages
...his life : " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse...still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame !" The " vain desires" of Dryden's " thoughtless youth" require no explanation : they obviously mean,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...false lights; and when their elrmrne was goat. My pride struck out new sparkles of her ovru Such was 1, such by nature still I am : Be thine the glory, and...mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts arc done : What more could shock my faith than Three in Or* " In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 pages
...his life : " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out n«w sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 592 pages
...to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, • Follow'd false lights ; and when their...of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; -i, ' --'i'} • Be thine the glory and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...forsake. My thoughtless youth was wiug'd with vain desires; My manhood long misled by wand'ring tires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was...of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; He thine the glory and be mine the shame, (iood life be now my task : my doubts arc done ; What more... | |
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My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory,... 
