 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.  Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism - Стр. 234авторы: James Robert Boyd - 1872 - Страниц: 333Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - Страниц: 310
...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame : the 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,... | |
 | 1826 - Страниц: 300
...the gazing rustics rartg'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one smalt head could carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his...very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - Страниц: 600
...could gauge. In arguing, too, the' parson own'd his skill ; For, even though vanquish'd, he could argue still : While words of learned length and thundering...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: 310
...severe in aught, The love he bore in learning was his fault; In arguing too, the parson owned his skill; While words of learned length, and thundering sound...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - Страниц: 844
...gauge ; In arguing, too, the parson олупеа his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue LISH LITERATURE. :6 hostile waters close around their 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,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - Страниц: 516
...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Страниц: 256
...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 - 1832 - Страниц: 1022
...could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering...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... | |
 | Eli Geddings - 1835 - Страниц: 476
...appropriate name. It is true that all this served some of the purposes of the surgeon well enough, when "Words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around." The practice of the Baltimore Infirmary have given me frequent opportunities to notice the mischiefs... | |
 | Samuel Worcester - 1837 - Страниц: 264
...could gauge : 4. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time he... | |
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