| 1835 - 440 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine souse, Yet wanting sensibility, the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; Bat he that has humanity, forewarned, Will iread aside, and let the reptile live. Ye, therefore, who... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 σελίδες
...polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charged perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor... | |
| Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 178 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...forewarn'd Will tread aside, and let the reptile live." (F.) " Life's more than breath and the quick round of blood, 'Tis a great spirit and a busy heart.... | |
| 1880 - 208 σελίδες
...polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. LIT. —Cowper: "The Task." LITTLE minds are... | |
| Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 338 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine senso (Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. -'. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,... | |
| James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. DEATH. Oh, what a wonder seems the fear of... | |
| George Dana Boardman - 1880 - 356 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live." — (OowpER's "TASK.") The killing of an albatross... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. :2` :2 forewarned, ЛУШ tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,... | |
| Richard Rimmer - 1880 - 308 σελίδες
...rightly read, will teach humility of mind and tenderness of heart ; and though ,as Cowper wrote — " An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; Yet he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. For they are all,... | |
| John Maw Darton - 1881 - 322 σελίδες
...polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls...forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live." It has been said that the three indispensables of genius are understanding, feeling, and perseverance.... | |
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