 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...story ran that he could guage. In arguing too the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...terms and tides presage, And cv'n the story ran that he could guage : In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue...learned length, and thundering sound, Amaz'd the gazing rusties rang'd around ; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head conld carry... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...gauge ; For, e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still ; In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, While words of learned length, and thundering sound,...Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around, And still they gaz d, and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all he knew. But past is all his... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pages
...ran that he could gauge. 25 In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, 30 That... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...ran that he could guage; In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even, though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rusties ranged around; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
 | Henry Giles - 1851 - 322 pages
...story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still : While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around — And still they gazed, and still the wonder... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pages
...and tides presage ; And e'en the story ran that he could gauge : In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, For, e'en though vanquish'd, he could argue...While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge ; In arguing too the parson own'd his skill, For even though vanquish'd, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound. Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...ran that he could gauge: 210 In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around ; And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, ; 215 That... | |
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For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. 
