 Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight...  Hamel, the Obeah man - Page 270by Hamel (fict.name.) - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 608 pages
...— " Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ;— A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly...among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, Which shone all glittering with ungodly dew, When a tight damsel chanced to tnppen by ; But when observed,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1862 - 272 pages
...here you mote espy ; Was one I chiefly mark d among the fry : A little, round, fat, oily man of God, He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, Which, when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew, If a tight damsel chanc d to trip pen by ; And straight... | |
 | James Thomson - 1868 - 416 pages
...clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God,1 Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye,...all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his inew, And straight would recollect... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 554 pages
...— " Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ; — A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly...among the fry ; He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, Which shone all glittering with ungodly dew, When a tight damsel chanced to trippen by ; But when observed,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pages
...clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God,1 Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye,...all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunc'd to trippen by ; Which when observ'd, he shrunk into his mew. And straight would recollect... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 868 pages
...: — Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks, good plenty here you mote espy ;— A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry ; He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, Which shone all glittering with ungodly... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God Wiis one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye,...glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chanced to trippcn by ; Which when observed, he shrunk into his mew, And straight would recollect his piety anew.*... | |
 | William Hazlitt, William Carew Hazlitt - 1878 - 512 pages
...in rather a free description of "a little round, fat, oily man of God, who— " Shone all glistening with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chanced to trippen by; Which when observed, he shrunk into his mew.x And straight would recollect his piety anew." 1 Now, was the piety in this case the less real,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 548 pages
...repeat.-' 69. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly marked among the fry : 1 Quin, the actor. 5 This portrait of Thomson was contributed by Lord Lyttleton, with the exception... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1880 - 738 pages
...to repeat.1 69 Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew,... | |
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