| Henry Giles - 1851 - 322 Seiten
...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 That one small head could carry all he knew." Goldsmith deserves his popularity, for he loved the people ; it... | |
| 1851 - 608 Seiten
...turned from the stand and went away, repeating to himself these lines from the Deserted Village : — " Amazed, the gazing rustics ranged around : And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." " Mr. Heury, turning to some bystanders, said, ' I have not seen... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 Seiten
...skill, For, e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue sttll ; 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." There are certain whimsical traits in the character of Byrne not... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...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, ; 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 Seiten
...And e'en the story 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, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...presage, And even the 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, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder... | |
| Michigan. Legislature - 1853 - 494 Seiten
...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 and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." Yet it is a subject for congratulation that this state of things... | |
| Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 510 Seiten
...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. GOLDSMITH. NOEWAN had hitherto conned his fairy lore to the Lady,... | |
| Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - 1853 - 246 Seiten
...For e'en though vanquished he could argue still, While words of wond'rous length and thundering siund Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." Yet it is a subject for congratulation that this state of things... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...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 grow, That one small head could carry all he knew. GOLDSMITH. PART IIL-POETS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE.... | |
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