| Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...Drowsyhead." Full oft by holy feet onr ground was trod; Of clerks good plenty you might ban, espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly marked among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in bis eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 496 pages
...his' Castle of Indolence, would readily find an impersonation among the Roman priesthood : — Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks, good plenty here you mote espy ; — A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly marked among the fry ; He had a... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 270 pages
...his Castle of Indolence, would readily find an impersonation among the Roman priesthood : — Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks, good plenty here jjou mote espy ; — A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly marked among the fry ;... | |
| James Thomson - 1838 - 236 pages
...train, Oft moralizing sage: his ditty sweet He loathed much to write, ne cared to repeat. l/xix. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man* of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry: He had a roguish... | |
| James Thomson - 1841 - 352 pages
...feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man f of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glistening with ungodly dew, If a tight damsel chaunced to... | |
| James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...strain, Oft moralizing sage ; his ditty sweet He loathed much to write, ne cared to repeat. 69. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ; A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a rnguish... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...joyous train. Oft moralizing sage ; his ditty sweet He lothed much to write, ne cared to repeat. Full elow, Say, in what mortal soil thou deign'st to grow ? Fair opening to so espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...joyous train. Oft moralizing sage ; his ditty sweet He lothed much to write, ne cared to repeat. Full fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd winter of a thousand yean. O espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among ihe fry: He had a roguish... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 308 pages
...— " Full oft by holy feet onr ground was trod, — Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy; — A little round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly marked among the fry; He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, Which shone all glittering with ungodly... | |
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