 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 - Stran 29avtor: Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 218 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 416 strani
...ran that he could guage: In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 406 strani
...: In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue slill ; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne,... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 strani
...rustics rang'd around, And still they gaz d, 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 triumph'd, is forgot. EXTRACTS FROM BEATTIE. MELODIES OF MORN. BCT who the melodies of morn can tell ? The wild brook babbling... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 strani
...Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, 30 That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 strani
...skill, For even 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. 3ut passed is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he... | |
 | 1900 - 676 strani
...wrote in ' The Deserted Village ' is as follows : — 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. " Head " is so much better than " brain " that such a misquotation... | |
 | 1900 - 614 strani
...wrote in ' The Deserted Village ' is as follows : — 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. " Head " is so much better than " brain " that such a misquotation... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 strani
...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, 30 That one small head could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many... | |
 | Frederick Somner Merryweather - 1849 - 248 strani
...Eveshnm, p. 248. t Ibid, p. 250. + MS. Harl., No. 3763, p. 180. 134 BE PROVIDES FOR THE SCRIPTORIUM " But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumpU'd, is forgot." In a manuscript in the Cotton Library there is a document called " The good... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1902 - 632 strani
...man in Gold smith's Deserted Village: While words of learned length, and thunderous sound Amazed the rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Of industrial Pittsburg, of which Mr. Anderson is soon to speak,... | |
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