 | 1827 - 602 páginas
...his usefulness as a want of fidelity ; and though the source of the evil be different, while they ' their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up and are not fed.' We would by no means insinuate that this want of simplicity is always the result of intellectual... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 páginas
...Carea. Flashy via cannot fathom the whole extent of a. Urge discourse. Digby on the Sovi, Dedication. When they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. UiUon. The proper objects of common mirth and sportful divertisement are mean and petty matters ; any... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 páginas
...Flashy wits cannot fathom the whole extent of a large discourse. Diyby on the Soul, Dedication. Wh«n they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. MUltm. The proper objects of common mirth and sportful divertisement are mean and petty matters ; any... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1831 - 198 páginas
...chant out the same eternal sing-song of election, reprobation, satisfaction, and the Three-in-one ; " And when they list their lean and flashy songs, Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched etraw. We can fancy that we see the great poet sitting in a certain meeting-honse, listening to one... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 páginas
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs "» Two] ' In either hand she held a massie key, . . . The one of beaten burnish'd gold, .... That... | |
 | William Toone - 1832 - 532 páginas
...quoted for its use: the Danish skranten, weak, sickly, or feeble, seems to give its definition. They when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. MILTON'S LTCIDAS. SCRIMER (F. escrimeur), a fencing master, an adept in that art. The scrimers of their... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1833 - 422 páginas
...sheep-hook, or bave learned augbt else , the Icast That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! — But when they list their lean and flashy songs , Grate...hungry sheep look up, and are not fed ! But swoln withjwind , and the rank mist they draw , Rot'inwardly — and foui contagion spread ' ». Le pen était... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1833 - 370 páginas
...else , thé least That to thé faithful herdsman's art belongs ! — But when they list their luân and flashy songs , Grate on their scrannel pipes of...hungry sheep look up , and are not. fed ! But swoln withjjwind , and thé rank nsist they draw, Rotnnwardjy — and foui contagion spread ' ». Le pen... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 páginas
...to A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! m What recks it them? What need they? They are sped;...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 135 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 páginas
...sheep-honk, or have learn'd aught else the least 120 ^hat to the -faithful herdsman's art belongs! .- What recks it them ? What need they ? they are sped,...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up , and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly, and foul contagion spread:... | |
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The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim Wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door,... 
