 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 Seiten
...the man ; Returning, he proclaims, by many a grace, By shrugs, and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, Excels a. dunce that has been kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...the man ; Returning, he proclaims, by many a grace, By shrugs, and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce that has been kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight th«... | |
 | Louisa Sidney Stanhope - 1808 - 264 Seiten
...contrast to his brother, " Proclaims with many a grace, And many a strange contortion of the face, How much a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home." At an early hour the party retired to their several apartments ; and while we leave them recovering... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 Seiten
...spread the man ; Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce, that has been kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 Seiten
...spread the man ; Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce, that has been kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace; We slight the precious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 390 Seiten
...the man ; Returning, he proclaims, by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce that has beep kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 234 Seiten
...spread the man ; Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce, that has been kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 Seiten
...spread the man; Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce that has been kept at home. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 580 Seiten
...years abroad, Returning he proclaimed by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of the face, How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce that has been kept at home * During his travels his awkward, timidity was converted into pert self-sufficiency, leaving his original... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 Seiten
...man ; Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrngs and strange contortions of his face, f low much a dunce, that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce, that has been kept at home. We slight the precious kernel of the stone, And toil to polish its rongh coat alone. A just deportment,... | |
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Returning, he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, Excels a dunce that has been kept at home. 
