 | 1800 - 452 pagine
...devoid of affection for them, pleafures beyond expreffion will be derived from in Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought ; To teach the young idea how to flioot, And pour the frefli inftrufiion o'er the mind. THOMSON. But you may fay, that, not having yourfelf... | |
 | John Baillie - 1801 - 642 pagine
...properly cherifhed, burtl forth with energy and luftre on the ftage of human affairs ' Or, as the poet Delightful tafk ; to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, To pour the frefti inftnuftion o'er the mind, To breathe th* enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | 1850 - 376 pagine
...which duties they have now entered ? W ould they be less capable of engaging in the " delightful task, to rear the tender thought — to teach the young idea how to shoot," &c. ? Would you imitate their success? Then follow their example. R. FISH. Г ~ — L . . ---... | |
 | William Jay - 1801 - 46 pagine
...her infant daughter — to view from the window the manly exploits of her boy— " Delightful talk, to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, 5 " To pour the frefh inftrudlion o'er the mind, " To breathe th'enlivening fpirit, and to fix... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pagine
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pagine
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th'enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pagine
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 330 pagine
...their graces. By degrees, The hifman bloflbm blows ; and evety day, Soft as it rolls along, fhews Come new charm, The father's luftre, and the mother's bloom....reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an alfiduous care. Delightful tafk j to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1803 - 286 pagine
...realon expand. The human blulTom blows ; and every day, Soft ai it roll* along, (hews fome new charm. Then infant reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an alfiduous care. Delightful taflc 1 to rear the tender thought. To teach the young idea how to (hoot,... | |
 | 1803 - 228 pagine
...sentiments become generous ; the carriage endearing ; and the life honorable and useful. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind. To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The... | |
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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot... 
