 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pagina’s
...fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school....every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pagina’s
...fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill' d to rule, The village master taught his little school...every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 pagina’s
...DESERTED VILLAGE. BESIDE yon straggling fence that skirts the w£y With blossom'd furze, unprofitable gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule,...every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face : Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
 | 1856 - 194 pagina’s
...well-known poem, by Oliver Goldsmith, called, " The Deserted Village." I will quote a few lines from it : " Beside yon straggling fence, that skirts the way "With...every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disaster in his morning face. Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pagina’s
...fence that skirts the way, "With blossom furze unprofitably gay, There, in this noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school...every truant knew. "Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 pagina’s
...form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clonds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside...and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 560 pagina’s
...form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside...every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd, with countefeited... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1857 - 866 pagina’s
...our language. THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion...and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they langh'd, with counterfeited... | |
 | 1857 - 862 pagina’s
...our language. THE VILLAOE SCHOOLMASTER. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion...and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1857 - 864 pagina’s
...our language. THE VILLAOE SCHOOLMASTER. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion...knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the Itoding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd,... | |
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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him... 
