| British poets - 1822 - 296 páginas
...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 declared how much he knew; Twas certain he could write and cipher too; Lands he could... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 páginas
...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... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 páginas
...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... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...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 The village all declar'd how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...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 ; The village all deelar'd how mueh he knew ; 'Twas eertain he eould write, and eypher too ; Lands... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 páginas
...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 declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 páginas
...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... | |
| 1826 - 300 páginas
...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... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...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 declared how much he knew : 'Twas certain he could write — and cipher too : Lands... | |
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