 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 428 pages
...live-long day laborious, lurking Until he launched a tiny boat By nightly working. Heaven help us I 'twas a thing beyond Description wretched ; such a wherry Perhaps ne'er ventured in a pond Or crossed a ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field It would have made the boldest shudder... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 pages
...live-long day laborious; lurking Until he launched a tiny boat By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 'twas a thing beyond. Description wretched ; such...Perhaps ne'er ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field, It would have made the boldest shudder; Untarrcil, uncompassed,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 284 pages
...live-long day laborious ; lurking Until ho lauuch'da tiny boat By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 'twas a thing beyond Description wretched : such a wherry Perhaps ne'er ventured on a pond, Or cross'da ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field, It would have made the boldest shudder ; Uutarr'd,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1854 - 572 pages
...Scot tish coast. According to Campbell, " TWHS a thing beyond Description wretched ; such a whony. Perhaps, ne'er ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry."...certainly rash to " venture" it on this especial " pond ;' 88 for, greatly to the damage of the rigging, it was fairly pelted off, and I was sent to test elsewhere... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...live-long day laborious ; lurking Until he launched a tiny boat By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 'twas a thing beyond, Description wretched ; such...Perhaps ne'er ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field, It would have made the boldest shudder; Untarred, uncompassed,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 508 pages
...day laborious ; lurking Until he launched a tiny boat * By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 't was a thing beyond Description wretched ; such a wherry...Perhaps ne'er ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field, It would have made the boldest shudder ; Uhtarred, uncompassed,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1854 - 600 pages
...navigators of a horse-pond in the neighborhood, — all very masterly critics in all sorts of barks and barges known on the Scottish coast. According...Campbell, " 'Twas a thing beyond Description wretched ; snch a wherry. Perhaps, near ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry." And well did my fellows appreciate... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 400 pages
...live-long day laborious; lurking Until he launch'da tiny boat By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 't was a thing beyond Description wretched; such a wherry Perhaps ne'er ventured on a pond, Or cross'da ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field, It would have made the boldest shudder; Untarr'd,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1855 - 570 pages
...navigators of a horse-pond in the neighborhood, — all very masterly critics in all sorts of barks and barges known on the Scottish coast. According...beyond Description wretched ; such a wherry. Perhaps, near ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry." And well did my fellows appreciate its extreme ludicrousness.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1855 - 406 pages
...laborious ; lurking Until he launched a tiny boat By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 'twas a thing beyondj Description wretched ; such a wherry Perhaps ne'er ventured on a pond, Or crossed a ferry. For ploughing in the salt-sea field, It would have made the boldest shudder; Untarred, uncompassed,... | |
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An empty hogshead from the deep Come shoreward floating ; He hid it in a cave, and wrought The livelong day laborious; lurking, Until he launched a tiny boat, By mighty working. Heaven help us ! 'twas a thing beyond Description wretched ; such a wherry... 
