...receiv'd fome advantage by it, if what Waller fays be true, that The foul's dark cottage, batter' d and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. Then furely, ficknefi, contributingno lefs than old age to the making down this fcaffolding of the...

...different views, and hope I have received some advantage by it. If what Mr. Waller says be true, that, 1' The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made:' "Then surely sickness, contributing no less ftan old age to the shaking down this scaffolding of the...

...think that if a genueman even of 70 is able and willing to serve, he might well do For " The Soul'i dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that Time hath made." Pretty lines, Madam. Know whose they are? Our own? Hookey- Walker. They are dear EDMUND...

...Waller: Wrestling with death, these lines he could indite ; No other theme could give his soul delight. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, thro' chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home : Leaving the old,...

...Such an instance, for example, may be found in Fuller's approximation to the often-quoted lines of Waller — The soul's dark cottage battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks which time has made. " Drawing near her death," says Fuller of of St. Monica, " she...

...]Vatts. The above sentence of Dr. Watts would seem to be suggested by the fine couplet of the old poet Waller : — "The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks that time has made.'1 M. Week Sun Sun i Moon High D. Days. rises. sets. r. &s. Water...

...By prophetizing dreams, what hurt is near, And gives the heavy careful heart to fear." And Walter: The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time hath made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving...

...essence of my philosophical opinions and some of my poetical reveries. I sometimes think of the lines of Waller : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. I have, notwithstanding my infirmities, attended to scientific objects...

...Such an instance, for example, may be found in Fuller's approximation to the often-quoted lines of Waller — The soul's dark cottage battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks which time has made. " Drawing near her death," says Fuller of of St. Monica, " she...

...sunbeam's mote, Dazzling to cheat, then flickering, Then — thou art not ! B. WRAPT IN MYSTERY. " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made, Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home." — WALLER, 1680....