To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th... The Literature of Society - Page 154by Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...expanson, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they^be two, they are two so . . .-,. As stiff twin-compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' othsr do. And And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roarr. It leans, and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. , , IE they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, ' It leans, and hearkens... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...one, Though I must go,. endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if tV other do. Aral though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy tUhmcss beat. COWLEY. 39 If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, tiie fix'd foot, makes no slmw To move, but doth if tli' other do. And though it in the centre sit,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...one* Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do.. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. "If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no sho* To move, but doth if th' other do, And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 pages
...one) Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And tho' it in the centre sit, Yet when... | |
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