 Touch but a tip of him, a horn — 'tis well — He curls up in his sanctuary shell. He's his own landlord, his own tenant; stay Long as he will, he dreads no Quarter Day. Himself he boards and lodges ; both invites...  The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb - Стр. 105авторы: Charles Lamb - 1864 - Страниц: 117Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - Страниц: 1022
...ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day, — A bliss that would not go away, — A sweet forewarning ? THE HOUSEKEEPER. THE frugal snail, with forecast of...Carries his house with him where'er he goes ; Peeps out, — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile again. Touch but a tip... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1838 - Страниц: 478
...ladder to the skies. Yet, whatsoe'er geometricians say, Her lessons were his true PRINCIPLE ! VIII. THE HOUSEKEEPER. THE frugal snail, with forecast of...house with him where'er he goes ; Peeps out—and if their comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicil amain. Touch but a tip of him, a horn—'tis... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - Страниц: 480
...ladder to the skies. Yet, whatsoe'er geometricians say, Her lessons were his true PRINCIPIA ! VIII. THE HOUSEKEEPER. THE frugal snail, with forecast of...Carries his house with him where'er he goes ; Peeps out — and if their comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicil amain. Touch but a tip of... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - Страниц: 286
...years — He never smiled again! THE HOUSEKEEPER. From the Italian of Vincent Bourne, BY CHARLES LAMB. THE frugal snail, with forecast of repose, Carries his house with him where'er he goes ; Peeps out — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile amain. Touch but a tip... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Страниц: 768
...seizes with unerring precision upon the proper point of view from which the piece ought to be seen.i THE HOUSEKEEPER. The frugal snail, with forecast of...Carries his house with him where'er he goes: Peeps out — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile amain. Touch but a tip... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Страниц: 780
...in the "Edinburgh Review," vol. Ixvl. p. 1, "Quarterly," vol. liv. p. 58, and " Eneycloptedia BriTHE HOUSEKEEPER. The frugal snail, with forecast of repose,...Carries his house with him where'er he goes; Peeps out — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile amain. Touch but a tip... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - Страниц: 800
...frugal nnail, with forecast of repose, Curries his house with him where'er he goes ; Peeps out — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile amain. Touch but a tip of him, a horn, 'tis well — He curls up iu his sanctuary shell, He's his own landlord, his own tenant; stay... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - Страниц: 624
...ladder to the skies. Yet, whatsoe'er geometricians say, Her lessons were his true PRINCIPIA ! VIII. THE HOUSEKEEPER. THE frugal snail, with forecast of...Carries his house with him where'er he goes; Peeps out — and if their comes a shower of rain. Retreats to his small domicil amain. Touch but a tip of... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1857 - Страниц: 434
...from unknown to educe ; . And made — no doubt to that old dame's surprise — The Christ-Cross-Kow his Ladder to the skies. Yet, whatsoe'er Geometricians...Carries his house with him, where'er he goes ; Peeps out — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile amain. Touch but a tip... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - Страниц: 800
...frugal snail, with forecast of repose, Carrics his house with him where'er he goes ; Peeps out — and if there comes a shower of rain, Retreats to his small domicile amain. Touch hut a tip of him, a horn, 'tis well — He curls up in his sanctuary shell. He's his own landlord,... | |
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