 The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter 'Little Prig; Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace...  Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 469by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...Long morrow to this mortal youth. FABLE. THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter, ' little prig :' Bun replied, You...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...Long morrow to this mortal youth. FABLE. THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter ' Little Prig.' Bun replied, ' You...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ; all is... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pages
...rhymes and an exquisite Americanism : " The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter, ' little prig.' Bun replied, You...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as 1 , And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1848 - 456 pages
...provincialisms of Somersetshire. In a Fable by RW Emerson, " The Mountain and the Squirrel," Squirrel says : If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. She is as spry as a cricket. — Margaret, p. 58. " How are you, Jeremiah ?"... | |
 | 1876 - 396 pages
...Treasury. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQJJIEEEL. The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter "Little Prig; " Bun replied : '...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel -track. Talents diifer ; all is... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...called the latter " Little Prig ; " Bun replied, You are doubtless very big ; THE GEANDFATHEK. 265 But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I 'm not so huge as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : 1 '11 not deny you make... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...all is she ! HOOD. FABLE. r| "'HE Mountain and the Squirrel J. Had a quarrel, And the former call'd the latter " Little Prig : Bun replied, " You are...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel-track ; Talents differ ; all is... | |
 | 1860 - 600 pages
...production of humour. " The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel ; And the Mountain called the Squirrel ' Little Prig.' Bun replied, You are doubtless very...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I ! And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all... | |
 | 1860 - 598 pages
...production of humour. " The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel; And the Mountain called the Squirrel ' Little Prig.' Bun replied, You are doubtless very...disgrace To occupy my place. If I'm not so large as yon, Yon are not so small as I! And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...LXV THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL A fable The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter ' Little prig ; ' Bun replied, '...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track. Talents differ ; all is... | |
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