 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.  History of Ashland County, Ohio - Seite 231von Abraham J. Baughman - 1909 - 870 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 Seiten
...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...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time he... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 Seiten
...skill, For e'en though vanquish'd, 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 rould carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 Seiten
...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. WILLIAM FALCONER. BORN 1730 — DIED 1769. THE author of the SHIPWRECK... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 Seiten
...severe in aught, The love he bore in learning was his fault; In arguing too, the parson owned his skill; 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. " EXPOSTULATION." " COWPER." Hast thou, though suckled at fair... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...e'en the story ran that he could gauge ; In arguing, too, the parson олупеа his skill, For e'en «util Шй йпяофв» I ENGLISH LITERATURE....close around their head, ley sink for ever, numbered smalihead could carry all he knew. But past is all his fame . the very spot Where many a time he triumphed,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...And e'en the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For, e'en 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. [From The Deterted Pillage.} THE HAPPINESS OF PASSING ONE'S AGE... | |
 | Samuel Worcester - 1837 - 264 Seiten
...And even the story ran that he could gauge : 4. 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 should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot, Where many a time he... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 Seiten
...; For e'en though vanquish'd, 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 be knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 Seiten
...argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd,... | |
 | Ephraim HOLDING (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]), George Mogridge - 1843 - 206 Seiten
...learning and knowledge, for like the schoolmaster in the Deserted Village, he was regarded as an oracle. " While words of learned length and thundering sound,...around! And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, How one small head could carry all he knew." The way in which he kept up his credit was this: he was... | |
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