| British essayists - 1803 - 306 pages
...hasty sapper hesti A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him molest, All striving to infix their feeble S'.ing', That from their noyance he no where can rest; But...tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmuring;. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall think my paper... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...supper best ; A cloud of combrou« gnats do him molest, All striving to infix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But...He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall think my paper in a very decaying... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 314 pages
...hasty supper best ; A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him molest, All striving to cnfix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But...He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall think my paper in a very decaying... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 308 pages
...hasty supper belt ; A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him molest, All striving toenfix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But...their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar tbeir murmurings. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall think my... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 446 pages
...hasty supper best , A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him molest, All striving toenfir their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brushetn oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...doe byte their hasty supper best; A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him molest, All striving to infixé their feeble stinges, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But with his cl'jwuish hands their tend, r wings He brushethoft, and of t doth mar their murmurings. Thus ill bestedd,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...hasty supper best : A cloud of combrous gnats do him molest. All striving to infix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest; But...He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall think my paper in a very decaying... | |
| Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 628 pages
...hasty supper best ; A cloud of combrous gnats do him molest, AH striving to infix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But...tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmuring*.' -If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall think my paper... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 306 pages
...hasty supper best ; A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him molest, All striving to enfix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he no where can rest ; But...hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft duth mar their murmurings. If ever I should want such a fry of little authors to attend me, I shall... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...gnats do him molest, All striving to infix their feeble stings, That from their noyance he can no where rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings...He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings. SPENSER. t The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.... | |
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