 | 1847 - 540 דפים
...call. CHURCHILL. 10. With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on itself, and is destroy'd by thought ; Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her powers, and leaves a blank behind. CHURCHILL. 11. The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, And can bear all things. 12. The joys of... | |
 | 1847 - 526 דפים
...call. CHURCHILL. 10. With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on itself, and is destroy'd by thought; Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her powers, and leaves a blank behind. CHURCHILL. 1 1. The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, And can bear all things. 12. The joys... | |
 | 1852 - 394 דפים
...observation and experience, of many : " With curious art the brain too finely wrought, Preys on itself and is destroyed by thought, Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her power, and leaves a blank behind." t As that welcome season once more approaches, when nature resumes... | |
 | 1856 - 374 דפים
...What bitter pangs must humble genius feel In their last hours to view a Swift and Steele ! * * * * With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroy'd by thought ! Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her pow'rs, and leaves a... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 532 דפים
...; and when thinking is goaded on to exhaustion, confusion of ideas ensues, as straining any one of our limbs by excessive exertion produces tremor and...overpowered by their imagination. Often, in the deep silence around us, we seek to relieve ourselves by some voluntary noise or action which may direct... | |
 | T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 דפים
...arrognnce, that those Who 're fashion'd of some better sort of clay, Much sooner than the common herd decay. With curious art the brain too finely wrought Preys on herself, and is destroy'd by thought. Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her powers, and leaves a... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1862 - 192 דפים
...sentences in full and separate clauses. 1. King John signed the great charter, but did not keep it. 2. Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her powers, and leaves a blank behind. — Churchill. 3. Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off. — Swift. 4. Purblind to poverty... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 דפים
...spite of all the criticizing elves, Those who would make us feel — must feel themselves.* Line 861. With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought. Epistle to William IforJarlh. BARTON BOOTH. 1681-1733. True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 דפים
...rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools. Sh. Macb. in. 4. With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought. «T, . , -c * T, Churchill, Ep. to Hogarth. BBAGG&BT— see Boasting. What art thou ? Have not I An... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 דפים
...themselves.* , Line 86i. * Si vis me flere, dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi. — HORACE. Ars Poetica, 102. With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought. Epistle to William Hogarth. Apt alliteration's artful aid. Prophecy of Famine. BARTON BOOTH. 1681-1733.... | |
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With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought. Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out her powers, and leaves a blank behind. 
