 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 sider
...fence that skirts the way. With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay. There, in his noisy mansion sfcjll'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers leam'il to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh 'd with counterfeited... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion skill'd eneath him smile ; The slow canal, learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 sider
...fence that skirts the way, With blossom furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school....and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 sider
...fence that skirts the way, With blossom' d furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 sider
...fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion) skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and ev'ry truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 sider
...mansion skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little sehool. A man severe he was, and stem RATIAN ODE, UPON CROMWEl.I'S RETURN FROM IRELAND. THE forward youth that would learn'd to traee The day's disasters in his morning faee ; Full well they laugh 'd with eounterfeited... | |
 | 1826 - 300 sider
...fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ; AVell had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 sider
...spirit. COUNTRY SCHOOLMASTER. "GOLDSMITH." Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion,...tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 sider
...mansion, skill'd to rule, The village-master taught his little school. — A man severe he was, and stem to view ; I knew him well ; and every truant knew. Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face : Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited... | |
 | Daniel Weir - 1829 - 162 sider
...in the world : and as every person has a wish to know the school boy scenes of other days, " Where in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school," we subjoin the following interesting remarks from the pen of Geo. Williamson, Esq.:— " Mr. Robert... | |
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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant... 
