| Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 pages
...Gen. " Alas ! poor hurt fowl !" It must be permitted to send forth its cries. Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste or undiscover'd shore ; No secret island in the boundless main? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore. Feelings and wishes, like to these — and which I believe... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 pages
...jest; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. "Has heaven reserved, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscover'd shore ? (*) [One of the warmest patrons of Johnson's " London," on its first appearance in 1738, was GENERAL... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 pages
...jest; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. "Has heaven reserved, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscorer'd shore ? (*) [One of the warmest patrons of Johnson's " London," on its first appearance... | |
| George Bancroft - 1843 - 524 pages
...for pirates, vindicated the right of England to the territory which Oglethorpe had colonized : — "Has Heaven reserved, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain?"... | |
| George Bancroft - 1844 - 524 pages
...for pirates, vindicated the right of England to the territory which Oglethorpe had colonized : — "Has Heaven reserved, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain?"... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...own particular character and situation, not omitting his prejudices as a " true-born Englishman 3," not only against foreign countries, but against Ireland and Scotland. On some of these topicks I shall quote a few passages: " The cheated nation's happy fav'rites see; Mark whom the great... | |
| George Bancroft - 1846 - 528 pages
...for pirates, vindicated the right of England to the territory which Oglethorpe had colonized : — "Has Heaven reserved, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscovered shore? No secret island in the houndless main? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain?"... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...Englishman,"3 not only against f countries, but against Ireland and Sec On some of these topics I shall quote passages : — " The cheated nation's happy fav'rites see ; Mark whom the great caress, who frown o " Has heaven rcserv'd, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscover'd shore? No secret island... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...exceeded the time allowed me by my father, and hastened to France in my way homewards. — B. (2) [" Has Heaven reserved, in pity to the poor. No pathless waste, or undkcover'd shore ? No secret island in the boundless main? No peaceful desert yet unclaim'd by Spain?... | |
| George Bancroft - 1850 - 516 pages
...for pirates, vindicated the right of England to the territory which Oglethorpe had colonized : — "Has Heaven reserved, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain?"... | |
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