| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 páginas
...found among the lowest orders of countrymen ; In arguing too the parson own'd his skill, For ev'n tho' vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing nulics rang'd around. GOLDSMITH. . Th' astonish'd mother finds a vacant nest, By... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...And even the story 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 thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
| William Scott - 1829 - 420 páginas
...he could measure, times and tides presage ; And e'en the story ran that he could guage. Tn arguing too the parson own'd his skill ; For, e'en though...could argue still ; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound;i Amaz'd the gazing rustics, rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd — and still the... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...presage, And even the story 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 thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...And ev'n the 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 thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...that he could gauge ; In arguing, too, the parson олупеа his skill, For e'en though vanquished, офв» I ENGLISH LITERATURE. :6 hostile waters close around their head, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his 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 still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 páginas
...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 vanquish'd,...could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around,— And still they gazed, and still the wonder... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 páginas
...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 vanquish'd, he could argue still ; (1) [ " This is one of the most simple and sublime passages in English poetry." — GIFFOBD. " As... | |
| Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 páginas
...ran that he could gauge : 4. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, 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... | |
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