| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1845 - 276 pages
...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. But pass'd is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time...high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, 220 Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd. Where gray-beard mirth and smiling toil... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amazed the gazing rusties gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...is all his fame : the very spot Where many a time ha triumphed is forgot. Near yonder thorn th&t lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head conld carry all he knew. But past is all bis fame : the very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd,...eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen taik'd with looks... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 pages
...still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.* But pass'd is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he...eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where graybeard mirth, and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen talked with looks... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Irish literature - 1851 - 476 pages
...gauge : 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,...very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot. f. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye>... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. 43 But pass'd is all his fame, the very spot, Where many a time...that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. 43 But pass'd is all his fame, the very spot, Where many a time...that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rusties ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the...is all his fame: the very spot Where many a time he trinmphed, is forgot. Another sweet poem of Goldsmith's, the ballad of Edwin and Angelina, might claim... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...skill, For even though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired ; Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And... | |
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