For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor lightly broke his old accustomed rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool; And oft in meet array their ranks he placed, And oft with careful eye... Elizabeth de Bruce - Page 52by Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1827Full view - About this book
| 1800 - 318 pages
...Thilk place a wooden box beseemeth well, And papers squar'd and trimm'd for use unmeet to telL J IX. x. For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor lightly broke his old accustom'd rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or... | |
| Robert Southey - 1800 - 314 pages
...accusto.n'd role, And much uncourteous would he hold rhe wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool ; And oft in meet array their ranks he placed, And oft with careful ere their ranks review'd ; For novel forms, tho' much those forms had graced, Himself and maiden-minister... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 452 pages
...stood, Where books he kept, of old research and new, In seemly order ranged on shelves of wood, X. For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor...old accustomed rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight, That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool : And oft in meet array their ranks he... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 448 pages
...few ; Thilk place a row of pegs beseemed well, Of various vulgar use, unmeet for verse to tell. X. For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor...old accustomed rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight, That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool : And oft in meet array their ranks he... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...accustom'd rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool ; And oft in meet array their ranks he placed, And oft with careful eye their ranks review'd ; For novel forms, tho' much those forms had graced, Himself and maiden-minister eschew'd... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...few : Thilk place a wooden box beseemeth well, And papers squar'd and trimm'd for use unmeet to tell. For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor lightly broke his old accustom'd rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or... | |
| Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1827 - 1252 pages
...Blunderbush Leddy 'Lizbetlfs half-crown, though I got nac share." CHAPTER V. THE FLANDERS' MIKKOB. • " For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor...table or a stool ; And oft in meet array their ranks be placed, And oft with careful eye their ranks reviewed ; For novel forms, though much those forms... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 pages
...accustomed rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool; And oft in meet array their ranks he placed,...forms, though much those forms had graced, Himself and maiden-minister eschewed: One path he trod, nor ever would decline A hair's unmeasured breadth from... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 pages
...Thilk place a wooden box beseemeth well, And papers squared and trimmed for use unmeet to tell. 10 For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor...old accustomed rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool; And oft in meet array their ranks he placed,... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...Thilk place a wooden box beseemeth well, And papers squared and trimmed for use unmeet to tell. 10 For still in form he placed his chief delight, Nor...old accustomed rule, And much uncourteous would he hold the wight That e'er displaced a table, chair, or stool ; And oft in meet array their ranks he... | |
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