 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 80 pagina’s
...Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran—that he could gauge ; 210 And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That...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... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pagina’s
...skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...high, Where once the signpost caught the passing eye, Tales. It is to be regretted that, in dispensing his charities, his judgment was not somewhat more... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pagina’s
...skill, Fox e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. 7. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1907 - 268 pagina’s
...skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And...all his fame : the very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. — OLIVER GOLDSMITH. A GREAT PHILOSOPHER SOCRATES was of hnmhle birth. He was... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pagina’s
...still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; 214 And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, '...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... | |
 | Grace Eleanor Hadow, William Henry Hadow - 1908 - 440 pagina’s
...Amazed 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...high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil... | |
 | 1910 - 542 pagina’s
...skill, For even though vanquish'd, he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And...high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Now lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired. Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired,... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pagina’s
...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time...inspired, Where graybeard mirth and smiling toil retired, 228 Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.... | |
 | Abraham J. Baughman - 1909 - 342 pagina’s
...skill, For, e 'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And...all his fame : the very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot." In these primitive schools Dilworth's, Webster's, and the United States spelling... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1909 - 508 pagina’s
...skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around. And...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 signpost caught... | |
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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. But past is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he... 
