 | James Thomson - 1854 - 404 pàgines
...* The following lines of this stanza were written by Lord Lyttelton, and refer to Thomson himself. LXIX. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, 1 Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 pàgines
...the joyous train, Oft moralizing sage ; his ditty sweet He loathed much to write, ne cared to repeat. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ; A little, round, fat, oily man of God,:): Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 388 pàgines
..."Castle of Indolence " would readily find an impersonation among the Roman priesthood : — " Full ofl by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy; — A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly marked among the fry; He had a roguish... | |
 | James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pàgines
...his easy seat; Here quaff 'd, encircled with the joyous (ruin, Oft moralising sage: his ditty sweet He loathed much to write, ne cared to repeat. ; LXIX....ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily mant of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry: He had a roguish... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 608 pàgines
...in his "Castle of Indolence" would readily find an impersonation among the Roman priesthood : — " Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, — Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ;— A little, round, fat, oily man of God Was one I chiefly marked among the fry : He had a roguish... | |
 | James Thomson - 1862 - 272 pàgines
...joyous strain, Oft moralizing sage; his ditty sweet He loathed much to write, ne cared to repeat. 69. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ; Was one I chiefly mark d among the fry : A little, round, fat, oily man of God, He had a roguish... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pàgines
...The farther back again they flagging go, And leave us grovelling on the dreary shore. ****** J.XIX. Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. * ' * * * * * LXX. Nor be forgot a tribe who minded nought (Old inmates of the place) but state... | |
 | James Thomson - 1868 - 416 pàgines
...his easy seat ; Here quaff 'd encircled with the joyous train, Oft moralizing sage : his ditty sweet He loathed much to write, ne care'd to repeat. LXIX....ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God,1 Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish... | |
 | Thomas Nicholas - 1872 - 524 pàgines
...cstis, Deus est tcstis, Turpissima pestis ;" but it is true and charitable to say, with Thomson, — " Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ;" and, taking it all and in all, the old church for its old time was not, perhaps, relatively... | |
 | Thomas Nicholas - 1872 - 528 pàgines
...estis, Deus est testis, Turpissima pestis ; " but it is true and charitable to say, with Thomson, — " Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod ; Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy ; " and, taking it all and in all, the old church for its old time was not, perhaps, relatively... | |
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Full oft by holy feet our ground was trod, Of clerks good plenty here you mote espy. A little, round, fat, oily man of God, Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : He had a roguish twinkle in his eye, And shone all glittering with ungodly dew, If a tight... 
