The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion... Swinton's Reader and Speaker - Page 403by William Swinton - 1883Full view - About this book
| Henri-Dominique Lacordaire - 1860 - 704 pages
...catching the ear: "This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan." The sixth, seizing the swinging tail : "I see", quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope."...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong." The interpretation is personal ; it is an act for itself. We can never fully perceive anything without... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 pages
...this resembles most ; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan ! " VII. The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope ! " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...tell what this resembles most. Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan !" The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So apt in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Kail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
| Medical Society of the State of West Virginia - 1901 - 808 pages
...to others still its leg was like a tree, and its tail was like a rope, and its ear was like a fan. "And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...and strong — Though each was partly in the right, So in the estimate of all these contending schools or pathies, from their view point there is an effort... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...what this resembles most ; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan ! " 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 pages
...this resembles most ; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan ! " VII. The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope I " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 pages
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, THE FIFTH READER. MORAL. 9. So, oft in theologic : wars, The disputants,2 1 ween,3 Rail on in utter... | |
| Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 pages
...the elephant "is very like a rope" was to him proved beyond dispute. "And so these men of Indoostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly In the right, And all were In the wrong!" And now, if you will permit me to slightly alter the poet's last verse, so as to point the moral to... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan!" 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope!" 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1876 - 516 pages
...this resembles most ; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan ! " vn. The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope ! " VIII. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
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