Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he... Selections from the British Poets - Страница 331840Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 страница
...morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had be; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd...he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declar'd how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 страница
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown' d : Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love...Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could guage : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 страница
...morning face ; Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round Convey'd...he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd how much he knew : 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; " Lands he could measure,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 страница
...face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee >»•• At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The Tillage all declar'd how much he knew 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 страница
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper eireling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown 'd ; ng, They moek the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyra deelar'd how mueh he knew ; 'Twas eertain he eould write, and eypher too ; Lands he eould measure,... | |
| 1826 - 300 страница
...morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declar'd how much he knew } 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 страница
...At all his jokes — for many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey 'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet he was kind...Lands he could measure ; terms and tides presage ; And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the' parson own'd his skill ; For, even though... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 страница
...had he; full well the busy whisper, circling round, ttonvey'd the dismal tidings when Tie frown'dj. Yet he was kind ; or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd how much he knew, • 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too ; Lands he could measure,... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 страница
...morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all hia jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 страница
...busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned ; Yet he луав kind ; orT , Quick to the glancing thought disclose Where toil...poverty repose. The flat smooth stones that bear a nara ЛУП te, and cipher too ; Land? he could measure, terms and tides presage And e'en the story ran... | |
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