 | Jane Williams - 1861 - 580 páginas
...amiss ;' A dull complaining Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath a shade, And instanced in this. ' Behold,' quoth he, ' that mighty thing, A pumpkin...the ground. While on this tree a fruit, so small, So disproportion 'd grows, That whosoe'er surveys this all, This universal casual ball, Its ill contrivance... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 páginas
...A dull presuming Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath a shade, And instanced it in this : l4l Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, A pumpkin large and round, Is held but Ivy a littlo string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Or bear it from the ground. While on this... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 páginas
...amiss, A dull, presuming Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath a shade; And instanced it in this: Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, A Pumpkin large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Or bear it from the ground. Whilst on this Oak a fruit so small, So... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1863 - 420 páginas
...A dull presuming Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath a shade, And instanced it in this : 141 Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, A pumpkin large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Or bear it from the ground. While on this oak an acorn small, So disproportiou'd... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 páginas
...dull complaining Atheist said, As stretched he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in this : — Behold,' quoth he, ' that mighty thing, A pumpkin...large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Nor bear it from the ground. (2) s. yds. s.tt. s. In. 14 6 84 15 3 68... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 páginas
...umiss, A dull, presuming Atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath a shade ; And instanced it in this : Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, A Pumpkin large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Or bear it from tlie ground. Whilst on this Oak a fruit so small, So... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 páginas
...•A dull, complaining atheist said. As stretched he lay beneath a shade, And instanced it in this : " Behold," quoth he, " that mighty thing, A pumpkin...spring, Nor bear it from the ground. " While on this oak an acorn small, So disproportioned grows ; That whosoe'er surveys this all, This universal casual... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1870 - 974 páginas
...complaining atheist said, As '^STRETCHED he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in *THIS : — " BEHOLD," quoth he, " that MIGHTY THING, A '*PUMPKIN...and round, Is held but by a 'LITTLE STRING, Which 8+uPWARD cannot make it spring, Nor "BEAR it from the ground. " While on this 'OAK an acorn small,... | |
 | 1872 - 692 páginas
...A dull, complaining atheist said, As stretched he lay beneath the shade, And instanced in this : " Behold," quoth he, " that mighty thing, A pumpkin...large and round, Is held but by a little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Nor bear it from the ground. " While on this oak an acorn small So disproportioned... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 páginas
...presuming Atheist sait), As stretch'd he lay beneath a shade ; And instanced it in this: Behold, quoth be, that mighty thing, A Pumpkin large and round, Is held but by и little string, Which upwards cannot make it spring, Or bear it from the ground. Whilst on this Ouk... | |
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METHINKS the world seems oddly made, And every thing amiss ;" A dull, complaining atheist said, As stretch'd he lay beneath the shade, And instanced it in this : 
