 Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark ; But such as learning, without false pretence, The friend of truth, the associate...  Table Talk: And Other Poems - Σελίδα 196των William Cowper - 1817 - 204 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1833
...lexicons, write voluminous commentaries and — "chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark." This impression was quite unfavorable to their reputation in a country like ours, where such erudition... | |
 | 1833
...commentaries and — " chaee A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and limit it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark." This impression was quite unfavorable to their reputation in a country like ours, where such erudition... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835
...side-thrust ; Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space. Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece,...false pretence, The friend of truth, th' associate of sound sense, And such as, in the zeal of good design, Strong judgment labouring in the Scripture mine,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835
...side-thrust ; Nor those of learn 'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time avid space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece,...learning, without false pretence, The friend of truth, the associate of sound sense, And such as, in the zeal of good design, Strong judgment labouring in... | |
 | 1836
...application, Cowper calls " Learned philologists, who chaae A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home and hunt it in the dark To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark. The learning which has been most cultivated among us, is that which the same poet describes as " Learning... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...side-thrust ; Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece,...learning without false pretence, The friend of truth, the associate of sound sense, And such as in the zeal of good design, Strong judgement labouring in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 514 σελίδες
...side-thrust ; Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece,...false pretence, The friend of Truth, th' associate of sound Sense, And such as, in the zeal of good design, Strong judgment lab'ring in the Scripture mine,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 516 σελίδες
...side-thrust ; Nor those of learnM philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greeee, and into Noah's ark ; But such as learning without false pretence, The friend of truth, the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841
...; 690 Nor those of learned plulologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece,...ark ; But such as learning without false pretence, 695 The friend of truth, th' associate of good sense. And such as, in the zeal of good design, Strong... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1833
...lexicons, write voluminous commentaries and — " chase A panting syllable through time and spare, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, ; To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark." r 'Instance, shooJ^^e_\y|iqlej : errgTous world of Germany, and sent forth the~minds of menPwftTi'liT... | |
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