 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...  Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography - Pagina 14door Washington Irving - 1864 - 427 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pagina’s
...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 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, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1800 - 284 pagina’s
...that he could gage. « In arguing too , the parson own'd his skill ; « For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still, « While words of learned length and thund'ring sound « Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, « And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, «... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pagina’s
...story ran that he could guago: 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 thund'ring sound, Amaze the gazing rustics rang'd around; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pagina’s
...too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'ea the story ran that he could guage : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue stilly While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...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 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, and thundering sound, Amazed the... | |
 | 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 thund'ring sound,... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pagina’s
...story ran that he could guage : 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 thund'ring sound, Amaze the gazing rustics rang'd around j 93 And still they gaz*d, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
 | 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 thund'ring sound,... | |
 | 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, and thund'ring sound,... | |
 | 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, and thund'ring sound,... | |
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