 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...ran — that he could gauge : In arguing too, the parson ovm'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still, While words of learned length,...is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph' d, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, W here once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...story ran that he could 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,...all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. GOLDSMITH. 69. LUCY GRAY. "VTO mate, no comrade, Lucy knew ; J- ' She dwelt on... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1863 - 470 pages
...presage And e'en the story ran that he could gauge In arguing too the parson owned his skill For e'en though vanquished he could argue still While words...very spot Where many a time he triumphed is forgot. — GOLDSMITH. LABORED STYLE. The Good Housewife. — Next unto her sanctity and holiness of life it... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 pages
...And e'en the story ran that he could gauge*.4 In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquished he could argue still' ; While words...they gazed', and still the wonder grew', That one small head could carry all he knew. GOLDSMITH. FUBZE, a beautiful evergreen shrub, with^ PEE-SAGE',... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge ; In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.— Gray. THE curfew tolls... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pages
...story ran that he could 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,...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Hut past is all his fame : the very spot, Where many a time he... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...story ran that he could 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...still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. Bnt past is all his fame. The v6ry spot Where many a time he triumph'd... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 pages
...ran — that he could guage : In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length,...is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd, is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 182 pages
...ran — that he could 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,...is all his fame. The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot. Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught... | |
 | Richard C. AUSTIN - 1864 - 176 pages
...skill, For ev'n though vanquish'd, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And...is all his fame, the very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot. Goldsmith. I was yesterday, about sunset, walking in the open fields, until the... | |
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For, even though vanquished, he could argue still ; 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. 
