 | Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Forster Blanchard - 1867 - 200 pàgines
...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...how much he knew : 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage. And even the story ran that he could... | |
 | 1867 - 788 pàgines
...joke had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love...how much he knew, '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... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pàgines
...joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings that he frown'd. Yet he was kind ; or, if severe in aught, The love...how much he knew : 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - 1868 - 298 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...how much he knew ; '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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 486 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...fault ; The village all declared how much he knew, 'T was certain he could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pàgines
...was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace, The day's disasters in his morning face...how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pàgines
...was, and stern to view : I knew him well, and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ;...how much he knew ; '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... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pàgines
...jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tiJings when he frowned : Yet he was kind, or, if severe in...how much he knew, '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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pàgines
...face : Full Sell they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Ful! ass of Lao, which reflects the mind as fatdt : The village all declared how much he knew : 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher t'K) :... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pàgines
...every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning's face ; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited...how much he knew ; 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... | |
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Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too... 
