 For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still, While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.  Poems and Essays - Стр. 29авторы: Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - Страниц: 218Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Westall - 1822 - Страниц: 154
...skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time he... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825
...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,...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head rould carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - Страниц: 299
...Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all...very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. SECTION VI. ' '•'< The deserted Village, continued.NEA R yon^er 'horn that lifts its head on high,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - Страниц: 560
...; For, even though vanquish'd, he could argue still : While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. WILLIAM FALCONER. BORN 1730 — DIED 1769. THE author of the SHIPWRECK... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - Страниц: 300
...his fault; In arguing too, the parson owned his skill; While words of learned length, and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around— And...still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. " EXPOSTULATION." " COWPER." Hast thou, though suckled at fair... | |
 | Henry Charles William Angelo - 1828
...prigs, and kiddies rang'd around : And still they gap'd, and still the wonder grew, That one droll head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame — the Rose and Crown, Whore he so oft got tipsy — is burnt down. Near to the wardrobe stairs, one story... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830
...skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thundering head, ley sink for ever, numbered smalihead could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame . the very spot Where many a time he triumphed,... | |
 | Henry Angelo - 1830
...prigs, and kiddies rang'd around : And still they gap'd, and still the wonder grew, That one droll head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame — the Rose and Crown, Where he so oft got tipsy — is burnt down. Near to the wardrobe stairs, one story... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Страниц: 240
...; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Bat past is all his fame : the very spot Where many a time he triumph**!, is forgot, Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates Rogé - 1832 - Страниц: 882
...skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. [From The Deterted Pillage.} THE HAPPINESS OF PASSING ONE'S AGE... | |
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