245 ordspråk av William Cowper
William Cowper
William Cowper föddes den November 15th 1731 och dog den 25 April 1800 - One of the most widely read English poets of his day.
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 Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, / Unfriendly to society's chief joys, / Thy worst effect is banishing for hours / The sex whose presence civilizes ours. |
| Philologists who chase / A panting syllable through time and space, / Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, / To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark. |
| Public schools 'tis public folly feeds. |
| Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. |
| Regions Caesar never knew / Thy posterity shall sway. |
| Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued. |
| Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word! |
| Remorse begets reform. |
| Remorse, the fatal egg by Pleasure laid / In every bosom where her nest is made. |
| Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. |
| Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream |
| Rome shall perish - write that word / In the blood that she has spilt. |
| Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. |
| Says John, It is my wedding-day, / And all the world would stare, / If wife should dine at Edmonton, / And I should dine at Ware. |
| Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand. |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
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Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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