 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
 | 1854 - 406 strani
...skill, For e en though vanquished he could argue still; While words of learned 1er gth, and thund ring sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still their wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew." And the scholars who crowded into... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 strani
...he could argue still; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound, Amazed the gazing rusties ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should cany all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Whore many a time he trinmph'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 564 strani
...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head eould earry all he knew.* But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he trinmph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where onee the sign-post eaught... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1855 - 338 strani
...masterly speech, and silence reigns throughout the House. "His 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." Let us turn for a moment to the gallery in which we are seated.... | |
 | 1856 - 194 strani
...could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could guage! ILLUSTRATED OLIO. In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." So ranch for the schoolmaster of the olden time. Our artist in... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 strani
...skill, For, even though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering Amazed the gazing- rustics ranged around; And still...is all his fame : the very spot Where many a time ho triumph ed is forgot. Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 strani
...he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rusties ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the...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 signpost caught... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 strani
...skill, For oven though vanquished, he oould argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering the nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot...fade, or flowers that blow With most success when small head could carry all he know. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumphed... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 strani
...could argue still ; The Deserted Village — Continued. 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. Line 229. Contrived a double debt to pay. Line 253. To me more... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 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...is all his fame: the very spot Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot. WILLIAM FALCONER. (1730-1769.) (From the Shipwreck.) IN vain the cords and axes... | |
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