| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...presage And ev'n tbe story ran that he could gauge. ID arguing, too, the parson nwn'd his skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Aimz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And itill they gaz'd, and still tbe wonder grew That one... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could guage : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still; While wordsof learned length, andthund'ringsound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, And still they... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...ran that he could £uage: In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, .' For e'en though vanquish 'd, he could argue still; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang•'d around, And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...; Lands he could measve, times and tides presage ; • And e'en the story ran that he eould guage. In arguing too the parson own'd his skill ; For, e'en though vanquish'd he could arfjue still j While words of learned length and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...presage, And even the story ran that he could guage. In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For, cv'n though vanquish'd, he could argue still; While words of learned length and thund'riug sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around : And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...presage, And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gaz.ed, and still the wonder... | |
| Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...too ; Lands he could measure, times and tides presage ; And e'en the story ran that he could guage. In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill ; For,...While words of learned length and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics, rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd — and still the wonder grew. That... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge: In arguing, too, the parson, own'd his skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...; Lands he could measure, times and tides pre='a<*e • And e'en the story ran that he could guage In arguing too the parson own'd his skill • •...While words of learned length and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics, rang'd around • ° And still they gazM— and still the wonder grew, That... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...atory ran that he could guage; In arguing too the parson ownM bis skill, For, e'en though vanqnish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
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