 | 1847 - 560 σελίδες
...merely an axiom of its advocates, assumed, but not proved. " The cheerful supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big hall Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 σελίδες
...you meet aught so beautiful or thrilling as the following ? " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide, The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 σελίδες
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfn' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The hig- Ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
 | Thomas Bush (of Lamborne.) - 1849 - 224 σελίδες
...gem thrown amid the mire. Thus he describes family devotion. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' Serious face They round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi* patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside... | |
 | 1863 - 896 σελίδες
...childhood witnessed such a scene, and whose manhood never forgot it, describe it to us — '. -wi' serious face, They round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His lyart haffeU wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once... | |
 | 1922 - 620 σελίδες
...the characteristic scene which he so graphically describes : The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 224 σελίδες
...following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchial grace. The big ha'-bible, ance his father's pride: * * * * • He wales a portion with... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 222 σελίδες
...following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patrlarchlal grace, The big ha'-blble, ance his father's pride: * • * • • He wales a portion... | |
 | Geddes MacGregor - 1990 - 292 σελίδες
...essential for the future of higher education in Britain. 6 Religion The cheerfu ' supper done, wi ' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide: The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha '-bible, ance his faither's pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside.... | |
 | Donald A. Low - 1974 - 474 σελίδες
...placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide, The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
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The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care... 
