| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 896 pages
...contemplated his discomfiture, Matthew Arnold's lines rose unbidden to my lips : They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last. It needed only the substitution of ' She ' for... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the... | |
| 1877 - 688 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will ; Thou art tired ; best be still. They out-talked thee, hissed thee. tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed; Hotly charged— and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee! Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged—and broke at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the victors,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still ! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee. Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged, — and broke at hist. Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1878 - 578 pages
...are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still. ' They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee ! Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged — and broke at last. ' Charge once more, then, and be dumb ! Let the... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged—and sank at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumbl Let the victors,... | |
| F. Sydney Morris - 1884 - 106 pages
...cause of truth and progress, let us be encouraged by those other words — They out-talked thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee ; Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged,and sank at last. Charge once more then, and be dumb, Let the victors... | |
| Mary Linskill - 1884 - 338 pages
...along the edge of Langbarugh Moor. CHAPTER IX. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. " They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd Hotly charged—and Bank at last." MATTHEW ARNOLD. THE weather that one remembers for... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 280 pages
...geese. Let them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee ? Better men fared thus before thee ; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd, Hotly charged — and sank at last THE LOED'S MESSENGERS. THUS saith the Lord to his... | |
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