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" The man whose eye Is ever on himself doth look on one, The least of Nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. "
Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ... - Page 233
by Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 240 pages
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Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two ..., Issue 356, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels...'Unlawful, ever. O be wiser, Thou ! Instructed that true knowkdge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought,...
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The Dublin Magazine, Volume 1

1840 - 606 pages
...a strange and most prodigious vanity. We know that one of the greatest of English poets has said» The man whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on...man to that scorn, which wisdom holds Unlawful ever. We know that pride leads men to conceal the littleness, and the weakness, and the poorness of vanity:...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...imagination have kept pure, Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels...one, The least of Nature's works, one who might move 85 The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O be wiser, Thou ! Instructed that...
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Table-talk: Or Original Essays

William Hazlitt - Authors and publishers - 1821 - 420 pages
...least concerned whether he shall ever make a figure in the world. He feels the truth of the lines — " The man whose eye is ever on himself, Doth look on...man to that scorn Which wisdom holds unlawful ever" — he looks out of himself at the wide extended prospect of nature, and takes an interest beyond his...
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The London Magazine, Volume 3

1821 - 746 pages
...con. cemed whether he shall ever make a figure in the world. I ! . feels the truth of the lines — " The man whose eye is ever on himself, Doth look on...man to that scorn Which wisdom holds unlawful ever " — he looks out of himself at the wide extended prospect of nature, and taken an intcreitt beyond...
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Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross ...

John Gibson Lockhart - English fiction - 1822 - 270 pages
...majesty, Is littleness. That lie nho feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used : That thought with him Is in its infancy....doth look on one The least of Nature's works, one that might move The wise man to that scorn which Wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O, be wiser thou ! Instructed...
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Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair: Minister of the Gospel at Cross ...

John Gibson Lockhart - English literature - 1822 - 364 pages
...such things might have been. " Stranger ! henceforth be wam'd, and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness. That he who feels...contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used : That thought with bin* Is in its infancy. The man whose eye Is ever on himself, doth...
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Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross ...

John Gibson Lockhart - English fiction - 1822 - 264 pages
...malesty, Is littleness. That he who feels contempt Foi any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used : That thought with him Is in its infancy. The man whose eye Is evei on himself, doth look on one The least of Natuie's woiks, one that might move The wise man to...
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The Etonian, Volume 1

Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...Imagination have kept pure, Stranger! henceforth be warned ; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels...one, The least of Nature's works ; one who might move Tho wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful ever. O be wiser, thou ? Instructed that true...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...faculties Which he hath never used ; that thonght with him Is in itg infancy. The man whose eye Is everon himself, doth look on one. The least of nature's works...which wisdom holds Unlawful ever. O, be wiser, thou 1 Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent...
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