| William Cowper - 1782 - 378 pages
...always to converfe, Not more diftinct from harmony divine The conftant creaking of a country fign. As alphabets in ivory employ Hour after hour the yet...boy,. .: Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Thofe feeds of fcience called his ABC, So language in the mouths of the adult,. • Witnefs its infignificant... | |
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...always to converfe, Not more diftinct from harmony divine. The conftant creaking of a country fign. As alphabets in ivory employ Hour after hour the yet...unletter'd boy, Sorting an/d puzzling with a deal of glee Thofe feeds of fcience called his ABC, So language in the mouths of the adult, Witnefs its infignificant... | |
| William Cowper - 1788 - 380 pages
...always to converfe, Not Not more diftin& from harmony divine, The conftant creaking of a country fign. As alphabets in ivory employ, Hour after hour, the...unletter'd boy. Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Thofe feeds of fcience call'd his ABC ; So language in the mouths of the adult, Witnefs its infignificant... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 312 pages
...always to converfe, Not more diftindT: from harmony divine, The conftant creaking of a country fign. As alphabets in ivory employ, Hour after hour, the...unletter'd boy, Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Thofe feeds of fcience call'd his ABC; So language in the mouths of the adult, Witnefs its infignificant... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...always to converfe; !Not more diftindl from harmony divine, The conftant creaking of a country fign. As alphabets in ivory employ, Hour after hour, the...unletter'd boy, Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Thofe feeds of fcience call'd his AB c ; So language in the mouths of the adult, Witnefs its infignificant... | |
| William Cowper - 1800 - 372 pages
...always to coriverfe; Not more diflinct from harmony divine, The conftant creaking of a country fign, . As alphabets in ivory employ, Hour after hour, the...unletter'd boy, Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Thofe feeds of fcience call'd his AB c ; So language in the mouths of the adult, Witnefs its infignificant... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pages
...art, Yet much depends, as in the tiller's toil, On culture, and the sowing of the soil. Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not...Alphabets in ivory employ, Hour after hour, the yet unlettered boy, Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Those seeds of science called his ABC; So... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...the sowing of the soil. ' Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always fo converse; Not more distinct from harmony divine, The...Alphabets in ivory employ, •„ Hour after hour, the yet unlettered boy, Sorting and puzzling wi-th a deal of glee Those seeds of science called his ABC; So... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...constant creaking of a country sign. As Alphabets in ivory employ, Hour after hour, the yet unlettered boy, Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee Those seeds of science called his ABC; So language in the mouths of the adult, Witness its insignificant result, Too often... | |
| William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pages
...art, Yet much Depends, as in the tillerYtoil, On culture, and the sowing of the soil. Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not...puzzling with a deal of glee Those seeds of science called his AB c ; So language in the mouths of the adult, Too often proves an implement of play, •!'... | |
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