 Edwin's birth ; The parent's transport, and the parent's care ; The gossip's prayer for wealth, and wit, and worth ; And one long summer-day of indolence and mirth; VOL.  Public Characters - Page 4711804Full view - About this book
 | James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...offspring of this humble pair. His birth no oracle or seer foretold : No prodigy appear'd in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....and mirth. XVI. And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy 5 Deep thought oft seetn'd to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save... | |
 | 1801 - 618 pages
...offspring of this humble pair. s His birth no oracle or seer foretold i .. . No prodigy appcar'd in earth or air,.' Nor aught that might a strange event •declare....indolence and mirth'. XVI. " And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar-boy ; Deep thought oft seem'd to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor... | |
 | James Beattie - 1802 - 152 pages
...offspring of this humble pair. » . ' ' His birth no oracle or seer foretold No prodigy appear'd in earth or air. Nor aught that might a strange event declare....yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...offspring of this humble pair. His birth no oracle or seer foretold : No prodigy appear'd in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....circumstance of EDWIN'S birth , The parent's transport, and tke parent's care ; The gossip's prayer for wealth, and wit, and worth; And one long summer-day of... | |
 | James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...the offspring of this simple pair His birth no oracle or seer foretold : No prodigy appeared in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....; And one long summer-day of indolence and mirth. And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded... | |
 | James Beattie - 1805 - 178 pages
...offspring of this simple pair. His birth no oracle or seer foretold : No prodigy appeared in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1805 - 190 pages
...offspring of this humble pair : His birth no oracle or seer foretold ; No prodigy appear'd in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....worth And one long summer-day of indolence and mirth. And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy, Deep thought oft seem'd to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pages
...offspring of this humhle pair. His hirth no oracle or seer foretold : No prodigy appear'd in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare. You guess each circumstance of Edwin's hirth ; The parent's transport, and the parent's care ; The gossip's prayer for wealth, and wit, and... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - 1809 - 408 pages
...offspring of this humble pair. His birth no oracle or seer foretold : No prodigy appear' d in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....; And one long summer-day of indolence and mirth. 16. And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ;* Deep thought oft seem'd to fix his infant eye. Dainties... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 308 pages
...the offspring of this humble pair: His birth no oracle or seer foretold; No prodigy appear'd in earth or air, Nor aught that might a strange event declare....gossip's prayer for wealth, and wit, and worth; And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy, Deep thought oft seem'd to fix hit infant eye. Dainties be heeded... | |
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