 | sir James Prior - English literature - 1837 - 550 pages
...flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune and marr'd the dancers' skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noon-tide hour." His mode of travelling is again expressly intimated in a work of fact: — " Countries wear very different... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...flew : And haply, though my harsh touch, fail'ring still, But modt'd all tune, and marrM the dancers' ssumes an air of inspiration, grows big with the inspiring demon, and pretends to a skill in futu The learned and religious houses also appear to have been equally hospitable. "With the members of... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 550 pages
...flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune and marr'd the dancers' skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noon-tide hour." His mode of travelling is again expressly intimated in a work of fact : — " Countries wear very different... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors, English - 1837 - 550 pages
...flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune and marr'd the dancers' skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance forgetful of the noon-tide hour." His mode of travelling is again expressly intimated in a work of fact : — " Countries wear very different... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 pages
...fann'd by strong desire."— First edit.] ifl [" I'naltcl'd, unimproved their manners run."— IWrf.J Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour.(>) Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 534 pages
...fann'd by strong desire."— First edit.] (2) [" Unaltcr'd, unimproved their manners run."— Ibid.] Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour.(1) Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And... | |
 | James Wilson - Biography - 1838 - 372 pages
...prospect of future evils. " And happy, though my harsh touch, falt'ring still, But mock'd all time and marr'd the dancer's skill; Yet would the village...power, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour." c2 I soon found, in consequence of this avocation, that I was exposed to numerous vices. I was obliged... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...freshen'd from the wave, the zephyr flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch falt'ring still But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would...power, And dance, forgetful of the noon-tide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...freshen'd from the wave the zephyr flew ; And haply, though my harsh touch faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill ; Yet would...power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...the zephyrs flew; And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and maiVd the dancer's skill. Yet would the village praise my...power, And dance forgetful of the noontide hour.' But, in truth, he understood not the character in which music is written, and played on that instrument,... | |
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Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire ; Where shading elms along the margin grew. And... 
