 | Asenath Nicholson - 1847 - 484 str.
...and body in a voyage like this. " My boast is not that I deduce my blrth, From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The child of parents passed into the skies." My home education was of the most uncompromising kind. My parents were descended... | |
 | 1878 - 496 str.
...sentiment expressed in the lines, " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The eon of parents passed into the skies." His father, Dr. Cowper, was Rector of Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 str.
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth: But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies. And now, farewell— Time unrevoked has run His wonted course,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 str.
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies ! And now, farewell— Time unrevoked has run His wonted course,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 524 str.
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me ! My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far, my proud pretensions rise ! The son of parents passed into the skies! And now, Farewell ! TIME, unrevoked, has run His wonted course... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1902 - 196 str.
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now farewell ! Time, unrevoked, has run His wonted course;... | |
 | Joseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard - 1902 - 392 str.
...titles and honors of my ancestors. " My boast is not that I derive 1ny birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies." I can say with Marcus Aurelius that I am indebted to God for... | |
 | Whitwell Elwin - 1902 - 570 str.
...wrote upon receiving her picture : My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. 1 These parents lived at Great Berkhampstead, in Hertfordshire,... | |
 | Joseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard - 1902 - 392 str.
...have been many times mayor of Baltimore." Nor do I boast of the titles and honors of my ancestors. " My boast is not that I derive my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the... | |
 | Oliver Morland - 1903 - 322 str.
...MORLAND. BIRMINGHAM, May, 1903. CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE AT READING. " Our boast is not that we deduce our birth From loins enthroned or rulers of the earth : But higher far our proud pretensions rise Children of parents passed into the skies." THE above lines are quoted by... | |
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My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. 
