 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...went round ; And still, as each repeated pleacnretir'd, Succeeding eports the mirthful band iospii'4 The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrust less of his smutted face, While secret laughter tit ter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | 1811 - 572 pages
...few weeks before The joyous train from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round, was now to be seen nothing but stripped walls and smoking ruins ; not an article of furniture, not... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round j And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding...By holding out, to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titt'red round the place; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'u o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round. And still...pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the mirthful band iuspir'd ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding cut to tire each other down ; The... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolic'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistr'ustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place ; K The bashful virgin's... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd : And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still,...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place : The bashful virgin's... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went rouiwf. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired ;... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 498 pages
...spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights...By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place," &c. Are not these... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...The young contending as the old survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round. And still,...By holding out to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pages
...The young contending as the old snrvey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And slights of art and feats of strength went round. And still,...pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the mirthful band iuspir'd ; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down; The... | |
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How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old... 
