 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...; after it is taken down, the friends of the family are desirous to have some sprig to keep. Bacon. Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bays...his claim alleges, As if it grew in common hedges. Swift. SPRIG, in botany. See BOTANY, Index, BRANCH, CION, GRAFTING, and PLANT. SPRICHT, /is &í DO")... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...never known to spread so wide. Say, Britain! could you ever boast Three poets in an age at most? Gii1- chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bays in fifty...his claim alleges, As if it grew in common hedges. Swift. CCCCLXXXV. It would not be amiss, if an old bachelor, who lives in contempt of matrimony, were... | |
 | 1831 - 790 pages
...never known to spread so wide. Say, Britain, could you ever boast "Three poets in one age at most? Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bays...it grew in common hedges. What reason can there be assign'd For this perverseness in the mind 7 Brutes find out where their talents lis : A bear will... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1833 - 380 pages
...Was never known to spread so wide. Say, Britain, could you ever boast Three poets in an age at most ? Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bays...it grew in common hedges. What reason can there be assign'd For this perverseness in the mind ? Brutes find out where their talents lie : A bear will... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pages
...While every fool his claim alleges, As if it grew in common hedges. What reason can there be assign'd For this perverseness in the mind ? Brutes find out...their talents lie : A bear will not attempt to fly ; A founder'd horse will oft debate Before he tries a five-barr'd gate ; A dog by instinct turns aside,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...could you ever boast Three poets in an age at most * Our chilling climate hardly bears A sprig of bay in fifty years ; While every fool his claim alleges,...it grew in common hedges. What reason can there be assign'd For this perverseness in the mind 1 , Brutes find out where their talents lie : A bear will... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...boast, Three poets in an age at most ? * Dr. Jinny, a clergyman in the neighborhood. F. 406 ON POETRY. On others' ways they never squint a frown, Nor heed what haps i ; Wlnlo every fool his claim alleges, As if it grew in common hedges. What reason can there be assign'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...Three poets in an ago at most I t Ovids, Flutarchs, Homers. t Nicknames for my lady. 406 ON POETRY. Oar < assign'd For this perveraeness in the mind ? Brutes find out where their talents lie : A bear will... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...boast, Three poets in an age at most ? * Dr. Jinny, a ctergyman in the neighborhood. F. 406 ON POETRY. of the gods, in synod met Their deities to assert ; who, while they feel ^ ig fuel his claim alleges. As if it grew in common hedges. What reason can there be assign'd For this... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...eommon hedges. What reason ean there be assign'd For this perverseness in the mind ? Brntes find ont where their talents lie : A bear will not attempt to fly ; A fonnder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate ; A dog by instinet tnrns aside,... | |
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Brutes find out where their talents lie : A bear will not attempt to fly ; A founder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate; A dog by instinct turns aside, Who sees the ditch too deep and wide. 
