Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant... Annual Register - Seite 199herausgegeben von - 1771Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 Seiten
...mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern io view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face j Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and erery herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing disasters in his morning's face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all hie jokes,... | |
| 1852 - 452 Seiten
...of it, saying as he went, " This is not the place I took it for." " A man severe he was, and stern to view,— I knew him well, and every truant knew...had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...mansion, skilled to rule, 195 The village master taught his little school : A man severe he 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 ; 200 Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 Seiten
...mansion skill'd to rule. The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ;...had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Fall well they laugh Vi with counterfeited gleo At all his jokes, for... | |
| 1909 - 490 Seiten
...never appealing to any motive for obedience but the fear of punishment. "A man severe he 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 ; Full well the busy whisper circling round Conveyed the dismal tidings... | |
| John Bartlow Martin - 1986 - 364 Seiten
...maintment. II n'est pas tres froir in tres chaud. Goldsmith's Pedagogue. A man severe he was and stern to view I knew him well and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace no The days disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his... | |
| G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 Seiten
...mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he 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; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for... | |
| John Foster, Gordon Dennis - 1995 - 136 Seiten
...skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view; 5 I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for... | |
| James M. Banner, Harold C. Cannon - 1997 - 160 Seiten
...In "The Deserted Village," Oliver Goldsmith depicted one such teacher as "a man severe . . . stern to view." I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. Few are now likely to be Goldsmith's "man... | |
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