 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, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that...  The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ... - Seite 2001794Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned:' 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 know ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage,... | |
 | 1854 - 406 Seiten
...circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned ; Yet he was kind, or, if severe in ought, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew, 1 Twae certain he could write and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 Seiten
...whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; 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 ; 'T was certain he could write and cipher too : Lands he could measure, term s and tides presage,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 Seiten
...whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd : 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, 'T was certain he could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 Seiten
...whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught. The love he bore to learning was in fault;...knew; 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge . . .... | |
 | John Foster, Gordon Dennis - 1995 - 136 Seiten
...had he; i0 Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned; The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; is 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And... | |
 | Frank McCourt - 1998 - 378 Seiten
...closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the last lines of the passage, Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault....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 gauge.... | |
 | Frank McCourt - 1998 - 378 Seiten
...closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the last lines of the passage, 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. 'Twos certain he could write, and cipher too. Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And... | |
 | Jan De Groof, Hilde Penneman - 1998 - 494 Seiten
...whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned; Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault;...knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. 1682 The Deserted Village The village all declared how much he knew; "Twas certain he could write and cypher too. 1683 The Deserted Village In arguing too, the parson owned his skill. For e'en though vanquished, he... | |
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