 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learn'd...had he; Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd: Yet he was kind; or, if severe in aught, The love he bore... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 608 pages
...tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. No. 21. Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many...had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned." The two illustrations of the last four lines were painted... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning's face ; Full well they laughed e moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned ; Yet he was kind ; or, if severe in aught, The love he... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning's face ; 1'ull well they laughed e closet of the deceased caliph. ' 1 ; Kull well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned ; Yet he was... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...and stern to view, I knew hit» well, and every truant knew ; Well had the boding 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 he ; Full well the busy whisper,... | |
 | John Bartlow Martin - History - 1986 - 364 pages
...boding tremblers learned to trace no The days disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes for many...had he. Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. The world is God's seed bed. He has planted deep and multitudinously,... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 420 pages
...was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face;...had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught. The love he bore... | |
 | John Foster, Gordon Dennis - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 136 pages
...and stern to view; 5 I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding 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 he; i0 Full well the busy whisper,... | |
 | Sandhya Narang - Business & Economics - 1996 - 176 pages
...was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew, We had the boding tremplers learn's to trace, The day's disasters in his morning face:...counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he, Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love bore to learning was in fault.24 2. Carlyle once received... | |
 | Frank McCourt - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 378 pages
...the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disaster in his morning face. Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes for many...had he. Full well the busy whisper circling round Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. He always closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the... | |
| |
Beside yon straggling 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. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant... 
