 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...  The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith - Pagina 27door Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 254 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pagina’s
...joke 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 he...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pagina’s
...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 he...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pagina’s
...he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling- round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Tet 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 cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pagina’s
...he : Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet ho 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 cipher too : Lands he could measure ;... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...joke had be; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; air and chaste Rejects mankind, is by some sylph embrac'd: For spirits, freed from mortal laws, wi declar'd how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pagina’s
...joke 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 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 pagina’s
...joke 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 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... | |
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