 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 sider
...crowd. First let us view the Form, the Size, the Dress ; For, these the Manners) nay the Mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 sider
...crowd. First let us view the Form, the Size, the Dress ; For, these the Manners; nay the Mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1808 - 276 sider
...crowd. Fir,st let us view the Form, the Size, the Dress ; For, these the Manners, nay the Mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1812 - 240 sider
...crowd. First, let us tiew the form, the size, the dress ; For, these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page; On the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 306 sider
...First, let us view the form, the size, the dress •. For, these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, nnclos'd for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 310 sider
...crowd. First, let us view the form, the size, the dress ; Tor, these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, nnclos'd for many an age; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 sider
...of belles-lettres, poems, plays, or memoirs, he tossed indignantly aside, with the implied censure of «psha,» or « frivolous ;» but the greater and...leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid leather made, The close-press'd leaves unclosed for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 296 sider
...crowd. First, let us view the form, the size, the dress; For these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ;...made; The close-press'd leaves, unclosed for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 302 sider
...crowd. First, let us view the form, the size, the dress; For these the manners, nay the mind express; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid;...made; The close-press'd leaves, unclosed for many an age; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page; On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 334 sider
...crowd. First, let us view the form, the size, the dress; For these the manners, nay the mind express; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid;...made; The close-press'd leaves, unclosed for many an age; The dull red edging of the well-filFd page; On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd, Where... | |
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The close-press'd leaves unoped for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page, On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd, Where yet the title stands in tarnish'd gold. 
