...Scripture, and one from Cowper;— " Knowledge puft'eth up, but charity edifieth." (buildeth up.) " Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible's true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman * never knew ; And...

...applauded as he was, he had less real wisdom than the poorest and most ignorant Christian widow. " She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit ; Keceives no praise ; but though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent, she renders much ; Just knows,...

...soul, and an unmistakable certainty of judgment, such as the proudest philosopher never arrived at. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door. Pillow and...by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit, Keceives no praise, but though her lot be 'such, Toilsome and indigent, she renders much. last knows,...

...and an unmistakable certainty of judgment, such as the proudest philosopher never arrived at. ' Ton cottager, who weaves at her own door. Pillow and bobbins...cheerful, if not gay. Shuffling her threads about, the live- long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light,...

...soul, and an unmistakable certainty ot" judgment, such as the proudest philosopher never arrived at. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door. Pillow and...store, Content, though mean, and cheerful, if not pay, Shuffling her threads about, the live- long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies...

...contrast between the simple peasant and the witty Voltaire, what mild lustre glows in every line : — Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content tho' mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty...

...charms of SKrtTES. literature. As they were in Cowper's day, so they are now ; and he said of them — Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door. Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content, though m«an, and chevrful If not gay, Shuffling about her threads the live-long day, Just earns a scanty...

...side, He begs their flattery with his latest breath, And smothered in't at last, is praised to death. Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though n:ean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, Just earns a scanty pittance,...

...ignorant lace-weaver, with the great intellectual distinction of the poet and philosopher, Voltaire : " Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and...; Content, though mean ; and cheerful, if not gay ; Shuffling1 her threads about the livelong day, Just 'earns a scanty pittance ; and at night Lies...

...Scripture, and one from Cowper: — ' Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifleth ; ' (buildeth up.) ' Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible's true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman* never knew ; And...