 | Jacques Delille - 1800 - 284 pagina’s
...Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, « And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, « That one small head could carry all he knew. « But past is...spot, « Where many a time he triumph'd , is forgot. » (Note de fauteur.) (9) Jadis Caton enfant fut un boudeur sublime. « Caton, dés le commencement... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...could argue still— While words of learned strength and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rusties ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the...is all his fame: the very spot Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagina’s
...story ran that he could guage : In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still ; While words of learned length,...is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pagina’s
...presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still ; While...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time he... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pagina’s
...Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around i And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all...very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pagina’s
...Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all...very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. SECTION VI. ' '•'< The deserted Village, continued.NEA R yon^er 'horn that lifts its head on high,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pagina’s
...And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the' parson own'd his skill ; For, even though vanquish'd, he could argue still : While words...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. WILLIAM FALCONER. BORN 1730 — DIED 1769. THE author of the SHIPWRECK... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pagina’s
...severe in aught, The love he bore in learning was his fault; In arguing too, the parson owned his skill; While words of learned length, and thundering sound...still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. " EXPOSTULATION." " COWPER." Hast thou, though suckled at fair... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pagina’s
...that he could gauge ; In arguing, too, the parson олупеа his skill, For e'en though vanquished, офв» I ENGLISH LITERATURE. :6 hostile waters...close around their head, ley sink for ever, numbered smalihead could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame . the very spot Where many a time he triumphed,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. [From The Deterted Pillage.} THE HAPPINESS OF PASSING ONE'S AGE... | |
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For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. 
