 | 1814 - 310 pagine
...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 still they gaz.ed, 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagine
...sound Amazed the gazing rusties ranged around; And still they gazed, 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, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired—... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagine
...too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage^ And even the story ran that he could guage : In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For even...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pagine
...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 still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot, Where many... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pagine
...ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the' parson own'd his skill ; For, even though vanquish'd, he could argue still : While words of learned length...; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. WILLIAM FALCONER. BORN 1730 — DIED 1769. THE author... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pagine
...severe in aught, The love he bore in learning was his fault; In arguing too, the parson owned his skill; While words of learned length, and thundering sound...around— And still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. " EXPOSTULATION." " COWPER." Hast thou, though suckled... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pagine
...e'en the story ran that he could gauge ; In arguing, too, the parson олупеа his skill, For e'en «util Шй йпяофв» I ENGLISH LITERATURE....close around their head, ley sink for ever, numbered That one smalihead could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame . the very spot Where many a time... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...And e'en the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words...; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. [From The Deterted Pillage.} THE HAPPINESS OF PASSING... | |
 | Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 pagine
...; Lands he could measure, times and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge : 4. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even...; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 pagine
...; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew. (l> But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many...high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspire!, Where grey-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired,... | |
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For even though vanquished he could argue still; 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. 
