 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 346 pages
...behold ingloriptisly lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest : it was full of sap, full ,of leaves, and full of boughs : but now, in vain <Joes the busy .art of man pretend to vie with nature, py tying that withered bundle of twigs to its... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 250 pages
...observation on this 'Vu iCtsprit. I once 26 SW1FTIANA. I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs: but now in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 pages
...behold in glori ously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest : it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs : but now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 562 pages
...behold in gloti ously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest : it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs : but now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...you now behold, ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew flourishing in a forest ; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs! But, now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk... | |
 | Richard Biddle, American - 1830 - 138 pages
...behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs, but now, &c.," "at length worn to the stumps in the service of the maids, it is either thrown out of doors,... | |
 | Richard Biddle - 1830 - 172 pages
...behold ingloriously lying iri that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest ; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs, but now, &«." " at length worn to the stumps in the service of the maids, it is either thrown out of doors,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, 1 once knew iii a flourishing state in a forest : it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs : hut now, in vain does the busy art uf man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 pages
...behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest ; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs ; it is now, at best, but 1 Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, 1667, and died in 1745. His best known... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 pages
...behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest : it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs : but now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk... | |
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This single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest: it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs: but now, in... 
