 I knew him well, and every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling...  English Poets of the Eighteenth Century - Pàgina 212editat per - 1918 - 364 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1863 - 392 pàgines
...joke 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...'Twas certain he could write and cipher too : Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pàgines
...he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. 6. YSt he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore...'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing,... | |
 | 1863 - 494 pàgines
...every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning's face. Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee...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 ought — The love... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 pàgines
...joke 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...'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could guage : In arguing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 182 pàgines
...joke 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...'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge : In arguing... | |
 | William James McKnight - 1917 - 630 pàgines
...As- a rule, the Scotch-Irish master was of this class. Goldsmith describes the old master well: Vet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore...knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cipher, too. In arguing the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished he would argue still. The government... | |
 | John Bartlow Martin - 1986 - 364 pàgines
...stern to view I knew him well and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace no The days disasters in his morning face; Full well...round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. The world is God's seed bed. He has planted deep and multitudinously, and many things there are which... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pàgines
...the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many...circling round, Conveyed 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... | |
 | John Foster, Gordon Dennis - 1995 - 136 pàgines
...5 I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed,...counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; i0 Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned; The love... | |
 | Frank McCourt - 1998 - 378 pàgines
...him well, and every truant knew. Full well the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disaster in his morning face. Full well they laughed with counterfeited...round Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. He always closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the last lines of the passage, Yet he was kind,... | |
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