 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 páginas
...was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd how much he knew ; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage — And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing too, the parson... | |
 | 1899 - 832 páginas
...reading, writing on slates, and the "first four rules" were within the measure of his untrained powers. The village all declared how much he knew ; 'Twas...could write and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge. An air of conscious worth seemed... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 páginas
...when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught. The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could... | |
 | Frank McCourt - 1998 - 378 páginas
...of the passage, Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew. 'Twas certain...could write, and cipher too. Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing, too, the parson owned... | |
 | Jan De Groof, Hilde Penneman - 1998 - 494 páginas
...when he frowned; Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 páginas
...true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. 1682 The Deserted Village The village all declared how much he knew; "Twas certain he could write and cypher too. 1683 The Deserted Village In arguing too, the parson owned his skill. For e'en though vanquished,... | |
 | Andrew Carpenter - 1998 - 662 páginas
...stated that this was a portrait of the schoolmaster at Lissoy, Co. Westmeath (Balderston, p. 164). The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cypher18 too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage,1" And even the story ran that he could... | |
 | Mary DeWitt Freeland - 2009 - 624 páginas
...wken he frowned. Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was his fault. The village all declared how much he knew, Twas certain...could write and cipher too : Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story run — that he could gauge ; In arguing, too, the parson... | |
 | Adrian Percival, Susan Tranter - 2004 - 252 páginas
...when he frowned; Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew; Twas certain he could write, and cipher too; Oliver Goldsmith (1730-74), The Deserted Village Few would argue that education has become of increasing... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 páginas
...when he frowned; Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain...could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge. In arguing too, the parson owned... | |
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Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher, too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that... 
