 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pagina’s
...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 cipher too; Lands he could...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 words of learned length,... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1800 - 284 pagina’s
...in fault. « The village all declar'd how much he knew ; « 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too ; « Lands he could measure , terms and tides presage , « And e'en the story ran that he could gage. « In arguing too , the parson own'd his skill ; « For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue... | |
 | 1801 - 618 pagina’s
...abilities. The brother, therefore, like Goldsmith's school-master, was regarded by them as no common tnan. " Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge." Some books cf geometry which belonged to thfc brother attracted the attention of young Dawson, and... | |
 | 1804 - 646 pagina’s
...abilities. The brother, therefore, Hke Goldsmith's schoolmaster, was regarded by them as no common man : " Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could guage." Some books of geometry which belonged to the brother, attracted the attention of young Dawson,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...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...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 words of learned length,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pagina’s
...'Twas certain he could write and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pagina’s
...certain he could write and cypher too. " Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, " And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge : " In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, " For ev'n though vanquish'd he could argue still ; " While words of learned length,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pagina’s
...certain he could write, and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned strength,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pagina’s
...'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing too the parson own'd his skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pagina’s
...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 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 vanquish'd, he could argue still;... | |
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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... 
