 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Ephraim HOLDING (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]), George Mogridge - 1843 - 206 pages
...the Deserted Village, he was regarded as an oracle. " While words of learned length and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged 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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...too ; Lands he could measure, times and tides presage ; And e'en the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For,...could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, eci the Sa^nS rustics ranged around ; iJJ thcy f?azed< and sti" tne wonder grew,... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Christian life - 1844 - 278 pages
...the Deserted Village, he was regarded as an oracle. " While words of learned length and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ! And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, v How one small head could carry all he knew." The way in which he kept up his credit was this : he... | |
 | 1875 - 828 pages
...too. Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge ; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew." If the attainments of the village schoolmaster were deemed so... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...too; Lands be could measure, terms and tides presage And e'en the story ran — that he could gnuge : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en...could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thund'rinI sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, — And still they gazed, and still the... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Christian life - 1845 - 264 pages
...the Deserted Village, he was regarded as an oracle. " While words of learned length and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1845 - 276 pages
...— And even the story 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 and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around — And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder... | |
 | A.J. REQUIER - 1846 - 214 pages
...the depths of thy voiceless sympathies ? CHAPTER VII. ' While words of learned length, and thundering sound, • Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around,...still they gazed and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.' Goldsmith's Deserted Village. THE time fixed upon by the naturalist... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran— that he could gauge: H rusties ranged around, — And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could... | |
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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. 
