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" His quarter-staff', which he could ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went for want of thought. "
Report of the Secretary - Page 222
by Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - 1871
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...quarter-staff, which he cou'd'ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. VOL. VII. F By chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 pages
...quarter-staff, which he cou'd ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and haif behind his back. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. VOL. VII. F By chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd;...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...quarter-staft', which he cou'd ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudged along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went for want of thought. ' By chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd, Where in...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

1803 - 420 pages
...quarter-staff, which he cou'd ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudg"d along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went for want of thought. ' By chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd, Where in...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 22

John Bell - 1807 - 346 pages
...quarter-staff, which he could ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought; And whistled as he went, for want of thought. 85 By chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd ; Where,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...quarter-staff, which he could ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. By chance conducted, or by thirst constrained, The deep recesses of the grove he gained ; Where in...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 11

John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...quarter-staff, which he could ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. By chance conducted, or by thirst constrained, The deep recesses of the grove he gained ; Where in...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...quarter-atari, which he could ne'er forsake. Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudg'd along, lect thcirflight Already has the fatal train took fire; Vanity of Huma Bychance conducted, or by thirst constraint The deep recesses of the move he gain'd ; Where, in a plain...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...quarter-staff, which he could ne'er forsake, Hang half before, and half behind his back. He trudgM along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went for want of thought. By Chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd ; Where, in...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...quarter-staf£ which he could ne'er forsake, Hung half before, and half behind his back. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. * By chance conducted, or by thirst constrain'd, The deep recesses of the grove he gain'd ; * See NO....
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