 | Anne Kingsmill Finch Countess of Winchilsea - 1713 - 408 pages
...amifs, A dull prefuming Atheift faid, As ftretch'd he lay beneath a Shade ; And inftanced in this : Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, A Pumpkin, large and round, Is held but by a little String, Which upwards cannot make it fpring, Or bear it from the Ground. Whilft on this 0«t, a Fruit fo fmall, So... | |
 | 1738 - 706 pages
...* A Pamkin. large and round, Is held but by a lit 1 1.- firing, Which upward cannot make it fprfng. Nor bear it from the ground. While on this tree, a fruit fo finall, Sodifproportion'd grows, That wholoc'er furveys this All, This u'nivcrfil cafual ball, Its... | |
 | W. M. - 1801 - 356 pages
...As ftretched he lay beneath ihe (hade, And inftanced in this. "- Behold," quoth he, " that ir.ighty thing,' " A pumpkin large and round, " Is held but by a little ftring, " Which upwards cannot make it fpripg, « Nor bear it from the ground. <« While on this Oak... | |
 | 1803 - 438 pages
...stretch'd he lay beneath the shade, And instanced in this : i " Behold," quoth he, " that mighty thing, " Pumpkin large and round, •- Is held but by a little string, " Which upwards cannot make its spring, •'• Nor bear it from the ground. " While on this oak an acorn small,... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...amiss," A dull presuming atheist said, As stretch' d he lay beneath the shade, And instanced in this : " Behold," quoth he, " that mighty thing,, " A pumpkin,...and round, " Is held but by a little string, " Which upwards cannot make it spring,. " Or bear it from the ground; " Whilst on this oakj a fruit so small,... | |
 | One hundred fables, James Plumptre - 1825 - 306 pages
...' A dull presuming Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath the shade, And instanced in this : -. Behold,' quoth he, ' that mighty thing, ' A Pumpkin,...large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, ' Or bear it from the ground: ' While on this oak, an Acorn small '... | |
 | 1832 - 220 pages
...amiss, A dull complaining atheist said, As stretched he by beneath the shade, And instanced it in this : Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, A pumpkin large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Nor bear it from the ground ; While on this oak an acorn small, So disproportion'd... | |
 | Anne Parker - 1835 - 302 pages
...amiss, A dull complaining Atheist said, As stretched he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in this: "Behold!" quoth he, "that mighty thing, A pumpkin,...cannot make it spring, Nor bear it from the ground; 152 THE ATHEIST AND THE ACORN. While on thi* oak an acorn small, So disproportioned grows ! Sure, whosoe'er... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...dull complaining atheist said, As stretched he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in this : " Behold," quoth he, " that mighty thing, A pumpkin...large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Nor bear it from the ground. While on this oak an acorn small, So disproportioned... | |
 | Hannah More - 1839 - 570 pages
...amiss; A dull complainin g Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay heneath a shade, And instanced in this. " Behold," quoth he, "that mighty thing, A pumpkin large and round, Is held hut hy a little string, Which upward cannot make it spring. Nor hear it from the ground. While on this... | |
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METHINKS the world seems oddly made, And every thing amiss ;" A dull, complaining atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in this : 
