 If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood : So foul and so fierce are their natures; But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as lambs, Those lovely sweet...  Education in the Nineteenth Century - Side 22redigeret af - 1901 - 274 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1837 - 226 sider
...without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight. If we had been ducks, we might paddle in mud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood,...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should hinder another in jesting or play, For he's... | |
 | 1840 - 188 sider
...cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight! ii. If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs,...as lambs, Those lovely, sweet, innocent creatures. lit. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play, For... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1847 - 76 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, «• How much we may learn from the If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs,...Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as lambs, Thoselovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1848 - 116 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much may we learn from the sight! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs,...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play, For he's... | |
 | Isaac Watts, James George C. Fussell - 1852 - 76 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs,...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play ; For he's... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1854 - 472 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud ; Or dogs,...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play ; For he 's... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1854 - 460 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud ; Or dogs,...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play ; For he 's... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1854 - 464 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play ; For he 's... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1873 - 586 sider
...eagles eat the same !" Moreover, Watts forgets grace, occasionally, for chance, as in the conplet : " If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs,...as lambs, Those lovely, sweet, innocent creatures." Watts's intentions were as honest as Dibdin's, and both, no doubt, often erred ; but the silversmith's... | |
 | 1873 - 618 sider
...eagles eat the same !" Moreover, Watts forgeta grace, occasionally, for chance, as in the couplet : " If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs,...as lambs, Those lovely, sweet, innocent creatures." Watts's intentions were as honest as Dibdin's, and both, no doubt, often erred ; but the silversmith's... | |
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