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" Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant... "
A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical ... - Page 239
by Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 518 pages
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...Beside yon straggling fence that skirt« the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in hie t), morning's face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...leaves the storm ; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are Eternal sunshine settles on its head. en to my lot : they amount to fourteen. 0 man! place not thy confidence in this present world.' t« view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 121

1874 - 990 pages
...their noses and fidgeted until he should get on his legs, which he was in no particular hurry to do. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew. That was true enough ; but then he wasn't always severe and stern, and he wasn't always stern when...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 pages
...that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — iw There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school....stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : 198 Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...that skirts the WET, • With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'. I to rule, The village master taught his little school: A man severe he was, and stern to view, l knew him well, and every truant knew} Well had the boding tremblers leam'd to trace The day's disasters...
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A school grammar of the English language

Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pages
...flung Its first uncertain gleaming. Notes startling high and loud and loag, Dispel my idle dreaming. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew. The slender stream of Siloa's gentle wave Once to the Christians draughts untainted gave. EXERCISES....
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 7

1850 - 716 pages
...drawn in the ' Deserted Village.' ' Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way. With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion,...severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and ev'ry truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 540 pages
...mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village. 2. A man severe he was, and stern to view : I knew him...and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 526 pages
...mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village. 2. A man severe he was, and stern to view : I knew him...and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...its breast the rolling clouds are spread; Eternal s-nshine settles on its head. Beside yon ptraggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion skilled to'rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew...
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