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...his usefulness as a want of fidelity ; and though the source of the evil be different, while they ' their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up and are not fed.' We would by no means insinuate that this want of simplicity is always the result of intellectual...

...Carea. Flashy via cannot fathom the whole extent of a. Urge discourse. Digby on the Sovi, Dedication. When they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. UiUon. The proper objects of common mirth and sportful divertisement are mean and petty matters ; any...

...chant out the same eternal sing-song of election, reprobation, satisfaction, and the Three-in-one ; " And when they list their lean and flashy songs, Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched etraw. We can fancy that we see the great poet sitting in a certain meeting-honse, listening to one...

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...quoted for its use: the Danish skranten, weak, sickly, or feeble, seems to give its definition. They when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. MILTON'S LTCIDAS. SCRIMER (F. escrimeur), a fencing master, an adept in that art. The scrimers of their...

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...how to hold A sheep-honk, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 ^hat to the -faithful herdsman's art belongs! .- What recks it them ? What need they...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up , and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly, and foul contagion spread:...

...to A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! m What recks it them? What need they? They are sped;...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 135 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...