 Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 203by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...great ; Foe to loud praise, and friend !o learned ease, j Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's teinp'rate feast rose satisfy'd, 9 XL On Mr. Cay, in Westminster- Abhey, 17J2. OF manners gentle, of... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...Beleeve me, reader, can fay more, Than many a braver marble can, Here lies a truly boneji man. Ver. 7. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. The fame fentiment is found in Alartiafs Epigrams, x. 23. Prseteritosque dies, et totos refpicit annos... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...great ; Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, 5 Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, cr there to fear ; From Nature's temp'rate feast rose satisfy'd, 9 XI. Oil Mr. Gay, in H'ettmlnster-... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 428 pages
...and Great: Foe to loud Praife, and Friend to learned Eafe, Content with Science in the Vale of Peace. Calmly he look'd on either Life, and here Saw nothing...Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd. HIS integrity, his learning, and his genius, deferved this charafter ; it is not in any refpeft over-wrought.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 604 pages
...Great : Foe to loud praife, and friend to learned cafe, Content with fcience in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; . . From Nature's temperate feaft rofe fatisfy'd, Thank'd heaven that he had lived, and that he dy'd. Jiffe&ing Story... | |
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 712 pages
...and Great: Foe to loud praife, and friend to learned eafe, Content with fcience in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From Nature's temperate feaft rofe fatisfy'd, Thank'd heaven that he had lived, and that he dy'd. Affecting Story... | |
 | William Jackson - Aesthetics, British - 1798 - 472 pages
...great : Foe to loud praife, and friend to learned eafe, Content with fcience in the vale of peace. t Calmly he look'd on either life; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feaft rofe fatisfy'd, Thank'd Keav'n that he had liv'd and that he dy'd. POPE. (Johnfon.}... | |
 | William Jackson - Aesthetics, British - 1798 - 472 pages
...great : Foe to loud praife, and friend to learned eafe, Content with fcience in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here . Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; ' From nature's temperate feaft rofe Cuisfy'd, Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd and that he dy'd. POPE. (Johnfon.}... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Ca!u, ly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfy 'd, Thank'd heaven that he liv't), and char he dy'd» The The first cpuplet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 340 pages
...regret, or there to fear; From Nature's temperate feaft rofe fatisfy'd, Thank'd Heaven that he lived, and that he dy'd. The firft couplet of this epitaph is borrowed from Crafliaw. The four next lines contain a fpecies of praife peculiar, original, and juft. Here,... | |
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