| Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 páginas
...skill, For, e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around —...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,... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 páginas
...; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge: 210 In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en...; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, ; 215 That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 páginas
...ran that he could gauge : In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For, e'en though vanquish'd, 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. But pass'd is all his fame ; the very spot Where many a time he... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 páginas
...story ran that he 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,...still they gazed, 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,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 páginas
...: In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For, e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue sttll ; 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." There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne not... | |
| 1868 - 376 páginas
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| Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 510 páginas
...presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. GOLDSMITH. NOEWAN had hitherto conned his fairy lore to the Lady,... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 páginas
...And even the story ran that he could guage ; In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even, though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words...around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grow, That one small head could carry all he knew. GOLDSMITH. PART IIL-POETS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE.... | |
| Michigan. Legislature - 1853 - 494 páginas
...cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'eO the story run that he could guage. In arguing too the parson owned his skill, For e'en...though vanquished he could argue still, While words of wond'rous length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed... | |
| William Collins - 1854 - 430 páginas
...And even the story ran — that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still ; While words...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the... | |
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