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" I delight in baubles, and know them to be such ; for, viewed without a reference to their Author, what is the earth ? what are the planets ? what is the sun itself but a bauble ! Better for a man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of... "
The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste - Page 241
1857
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1804 - 480 pages
...me, is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so, for rested in, and viewed, without a reference to their author, what...planets, what is the sun itself, but a bauble ? Better fora man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of a brute, stupid and unconscious of...
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The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With ..., Volume 3

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1804 - 472 pages
...me, is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so, for rested in, and viewed, without a reference to their author, what...planets, what is the sun itself, but a bauble? Better fora man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of a brute, stupid and unconscious of...
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The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With ..., Volume 1

William Hayley - 1806 - 404 pages
...me, is greatly to their advantage, I delight in baubles, and know them to be so, for rested in, and viewed, without a reference to their author, what...stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to sa}', " The maker of all these wonders is my friend !" Their eyes have never been opened,...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...me is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so; for rested in, and viewed without a reference to their author, what is...stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to say, " The maker of all these wonders is my friend!" Their eyes have never been opened,...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1820 - 916 pages
...baubles, and know them to be so; for, rested in, and viewed without* reference to their Author, »bat is the earth, what are the planets, what is the sun itself but a bauble? Better for a man never tu bive seen them, or to MC them with the eyes of a brute, stupid and unconscious of what he beholds,...
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Classical English Letter Writer

1821 - 426 pages
...together, are fame enough for me. I delight in bawbles, and I know them to be such ; for rested in, and viewed, without a reference to their Author, what...what are the planets, what is the sun itself, but a bawble ? Better is it for a man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of a brute, stupid...
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The Christian Spectator, Volume 2

Theology - 1820 - 688 pages
...and me is greatly to their advantage I delight in baubles, and know them to be so, for rested in, and viewed, without a reference to their author, what...brute, stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than noi to be able to say, " The maker of all these wonders is my friend !" Their eyes have never been...
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The life of William Cowper

Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 426 pages
...me, is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so, for rested in, and viewed without a reference to their author, what is...stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to say," The maker of all these wonders is my friend !" Their eyes have never been opened,...
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The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Compiled from His Correspondence and Other ...

Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...me, is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so; for rested in, and viewed without a reference to their Author, what is...stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to say,' The Maker of all these wonders is my friend !' Their eyes have never been opened,...
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The life of William Cowper

Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1833 - 850 pages
...me, is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so, for rested in, and viewed without a reference to their author, what is...stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to say," The maker of all these wonders is my friend !" Their eyes have never been opened,...
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