 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned , Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he...how much he knew, Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage^ And even the story ran that he could... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...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; 'T was certain he could write and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...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...write and cypher 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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...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...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 he could gauge:... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...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 - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...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...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 he could... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...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,... | |
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