 | 1771 - 662 pages
...fcaly brood In myriads cleave thy cryftal flood ; The (bringing trout in ipecklcd pride, The ialmon, monarch of the tide, The ruthlefs pike, intent on war, The filver eel and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, Bybow'rsof birch, and... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1771 - 292 pages
...round, polifhed pebbles fprcad ; . While lightly pois'd, the fcaly brood In myriads cleave thy cryftal flood ; The fpringing trout in fpeckled pride ; The...pike, intent on war ; The filver eel, and motled par. f Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bow'rs of birch, and groves of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1771 - 288 pages
...round, polifh'd pebbles fpread ^ While, lightly pois'd, the fcaly brood In myriads cleave thy cryftal flood ; The fpringing trout in fpeckled pride ;. The...ruthlefs pike, intent on war ; The filver eel, and motled par.f Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bow'rs of birch, and groves... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1772 - 656 pages
...round, polim'd pebbles fpread ; While, lightly poij'd, the fcaly brood In myriads cleave thy cryllal flood ; The fpringing trout in fpeckled pride } The...monarch of the tide, The ruthlefs pike, intent on war j The filver eel and motled par. Devolving from thy parent lake» A charming maze thy waters make;... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English drama - 1777 - 330 pages
...round, polifh'd pebbles fpread ; While, lightly pois'd, the fcaly brood In myriads cleave thy chryftal flood ; The fpringing trout in fpeckled pride ; The...pike, intent on war; The filver eel, and motled par. * » The par is 4 fmall fifh, not unlike the finelt, which it rivals in delicacy and flavour. . Devolvmg... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English drama - 1777 - 336 pages
...round, polifh'd pebbles fpread ; While, lightly pois'd, the fcaly brood In myriads cleave thy chryftal flood ; The fpringing trout in fpeckled pride ; The...of the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent on war; The iilver eel, and motled par. * * The par is a fmall fifh^ not unlike the fmelt, which it rivals in delicacy... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...• The falmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent 9n war ' The filver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, . By bowers of birch and grev«s ^of pine,. , And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks-, .fo... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 420 pages
...fpeckled pride ; The falmon, monarch cf the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent on war; The filver tel, and motled par *. Devolving from thy parent lake,...charming maze thy "waters make, By bow'rs of birch, and grdves of pine, And hedges jlower' d -with eglantine. " The par is a fmall fid, not unlike the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...falmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthleis pike, intent on war; The lilver eel and mottled par, Involving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bow'rs of birch, and proves of piotf And hedges, flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, fo gaily green, May num'rous... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...pride; The (aimon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlels pike, intent on war ; The filvcr eel and mottled fliame to' fly. There Confufion, Terror's child ; Conflict fierce, and R how'rs of birch, and groves of pine, .And hedges, flowcr'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, Ib gaily... | |
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While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood; The springing trout in speckled pride, The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming... 
