 Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale, and fraught With matter of delight and food for thought. And if he could in Merlin's glass have seen By whom his tomes to speak our tongue were...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 5091852Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1853 - 876 lehte
...well nigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; DEATHS.— MAT. A garrulous but a lively tale, and fraught With matter...for thought. And if he could in Merlin's glass have Been By whom his tomes to speak our tongue were taught, The old man would have felt as pleased, I ween,... | |
 | 1825 - 826 lehte
...age. " But of his native speech because well nigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought In Latin he composed his history; A garrulous, but a lively tale,...Merlin's glass have seen By whom his tomes to speak oar tongue were taught, The old man wonld have felt as pleased, I ween, As when he won the ear of that... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 lehte
...Abipones," translated by Mr. Southey himself, and made by him, also, the subject of an immortal poem. " A garrulous, but a lively tale, and fraught With matter...for thought. And if he could in Merlin's glass have scon By whom his tomes to speak our tongue were taught. The old man would have felt as pleased 1 ween,... | |
 | 1825 - 868 lehte
...But of his native speech because well nigh . . Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale,...As when he won the ear of that great Empress Queen. " Little he deem'd when with his Indian band He through the wilds set forth upon his way, A Poet then... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1827 - 350 lehte
...age. But of his native speech because well nigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale,...As when he won the ear of that great Empress Queen. XIX. XX. Little he deem'd when with his Indian band He thro' the wilds set forth upon his way, A Poet... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1827 - 220 lehte
...XIX. But of his native speech because well nigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale,...pleased, I ween, As when he won the ear of that great Emprens Queen XX. Little he deern'd when with his Indian band He thro' the wilds set forth upon his... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 372 lehte
..." But of his native speech, because well-nigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale,...pleased, I ween, As when he won the ear of that great empress-queen. " Little he deem'd, when with his Indian band He through the wilds set forth upon his... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 410 lehte
..." But of his native speech, because well-nigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history ; A garrulous, but a lively tale,...pleased, I ween, As when he won the ear of that great empress-queen. " Little he deem'd, when with his Indian band He through the wilds set forth upon his... | |
 | 1835 - 592 lehte
...Murray. " But of his native speech, because wellnigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history, A garrulous but a lively tale,...speak our tongue were taught, The old man would have been as pleased (I ween) As when he won the ear of that great empress queen. " SOUTHET'« Tale of Paraguay.... | |
 | 1835 - 544 lehte
...Murray. " But of his native speech, because wellnigh Disuse in him forgetfulness had wrought, In Latin he composed his history, A garrulous but a lively tale,...; And if he could, in Merlin's glass, have seen By t/•/;, i»i his tomes to speak our tongue were taught, The old mnn would have been as pleased (I... | |
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