 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 Seiten
...I wish it all fulfill'd. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean-Jacques Rousseau1, If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear that they...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And even the child who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - 1842 - 608 Seiten
...imagination, his clear reason, and the transparent sincerity of his honest heart. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau * If birds confabulate...able To hold discourse, — at least, in Fable ; And even the child, who knows no better Then to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must... | |
 | Aesopus, Jefferys Taylor - 1844 - 108 Seiten
...JEFFERYS TAYLOR, AUTHOR OF " HARRY'S HOLIDAY." I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If animals converse or no; *Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse, at least, in fable. COWPER'S POEMS. FOURTH EDITION. LONDON: HOULSTON AND STONEMAN, <BQDL7l.7BR.'i L OXFOrR] i CONTENTS.... | |
 | Catherine Grace Frances Gore - 1844 - 944 Seiten
...croakers were bad neighbours, — which the Percevals, — which the Mrs. Minchins of the rookery ! " I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau, If birds confabulate or no," said Mrs. Myrton, laughing ; " for since the owls of Sultan Mahmoud, none of those conversational birds... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...threefold cord is not soon broken." PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rosseau,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear that they...; And e'en the child who knows no better, Than to mterpret by the letter, A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon skull. It chanc'd then... | |
 | Patrick Knox - 1846 - 112 Seiten
...ILLS o' LIFE, .' . . .89 EARLY DAYS, . ' . . . 92 MARY GILL, . . . . .94 THE TWA HARES: A DIALOGUE. I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate, or no ; T Is clear, that they were always able To hold discourse, at least, in fable ; And e'en the child,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 Seiten
...bow, Give wit, that what is left may shine With equal grace below. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau,* If birds confabulate...discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child, who knowp no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 Seiten
...gild, ('Tis blameless, be it what it may,) I wish it all fulfill'd. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED. A FABLE. I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau,* If birds confabulate or no; 'T is clear that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable ; And even the child who... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 Seiten
...may shiu<j With equal grace below. PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rosscan,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they...discourse, at least in fable ; And e'en the child, that knows no better Than to interpret by the lettei A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - 1850 - 292 Seiten
...I do not consider it important to the present narrative to stop and inquire of an ornithologist, " If birds confabulate or no: 'Tis clear that they were...always able To hold discourse, at least in fable;" and that the genus columba, Soon are cooing when together If they meet in coolish weather, is a fact so... | |
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I SHALL not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau,* If birds confabulate or no ; 'Tis clear, that they were always able To hold discourse, at least in fable... 
