There studious let me sit,

And hold high converse with the mighty dead.

James Thomson (1700-1748): The Seasons. Winter. Line 431.

The earth was made so various, that the mind

Of desultory man, studious of change

And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book i. The Sofa. Line 506.

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.

Ambrose Phillips (1671-1749): From Holland to a Friend in England.

Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784): Prologue to the Tragedy of Irene.