 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling- round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Tet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore...Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And ev'n the story ran, that he could gauge : In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For ev'n though... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 pages
...morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; Twas certain he could write and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...face : Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes — (or many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet ho was kind ; or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...morning face; Full well they laugh 'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And evert the «ory ran that he could gauge ; In arguing too the parson own'd hie skill, For, e'en though... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had be; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd...how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage. And even the story ran that he could guage... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...face : Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes — for many a joke had he : Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd...knew : 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too : tands he could measure ; terms and tides presage ; While words of learned length, and thundering... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 pages
...Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee >»•• At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd...aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The Tillage all declar'd how much he knew 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown' d : Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...had he ; Full well the busy whisper eireling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown 'd ; ng, They moek the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyra deelar'd how mueh he knew ; 'Twas eertain he eould write, and eypher too ; Lands he eould measure,... | |
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Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he... 
