But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
He is not lolling on a lewd love-bed,
But on his knees at meditation;
Not dallying with a brace of courtezans,
But meditating with two deep divines;
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body,
But praying, to enrich his watchful soul.
And now weary of sport, glad to engross
All spite in one, counting my life their loss,
They carry me to my most bitter cross:
Was ever grief like mine?
Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own and they intimidate us with the.
Is there a parson, much bemused in beer, A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, A clerk foredoomed his father's soul to cross; Who pens a stanza, when he should engross.
I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.
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