 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 sider
...which some examples more clearly will show. 5. The first thing he weighed was the head of Voltaire,* Which retained all the wit that had ever been there...When the skull rose aloft with so sudden a spell, That it bounced like a ball on the roof of the celL 6. One time he put in Alexander the Great,f With... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 sider
...All which some examples more clearly will show. The first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there...so sudden a spell, As to bound like a ball on the top of his cell. Next time he put in Alexander the Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made — for... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 sider
...show. And nought so reluctant but in it must go; 5. The first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there...spell, As to bound like a ball on the roof of the cell. 6. Next time he put in Alexander the Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made—for a weight; And... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1841 - 286 sider
...show. The first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been As a weight he threw in a torn scrap of a leaf, Containing...sudden a spell, AS to bound like a ball on the roof of his cell. Next time he put in Alexander the. Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made — for a weight;... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 sider
...which some examples more clearly will show. '2. The first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there...sudden a spell, As to bound like a ball on the roof of his cell. 3. Next time he put in Alexander the Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made — for a... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 sider
...All which some examples more clearly will show. 3. The first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there....sudden a spell As to bound like a ball on the roof of his cell. 4. Next time he put in Alexander the Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made for a weight... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 sider
...which some examples more clearly will show. 5. The first thing he weighed was the head of Voltaire,* Which retained all the wit that had ever been there...When the skull rose aloft with so sudden a spell, That it bounced like a ball on the roof of the cell. 6. One time he put in Alexander the Great,f With... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 sider
...first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been thdre ; As a weight he threw in a torn scrap of a leaf, Containing...sudden a spell, As to bound like a ball on the roof of his cell. 3. Next time he put in Alexander the Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made — for a... | |
 | 1744 - 596 sider
...All which some examples more clearly will show. The first thing he weighed was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there : As a weight he threw in the torn scrap of a leaf Containing the prayer of the penitent thief, When the scull rose aloft with... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1849 - 180 sider
...All which some examples more clearly will show. 3. The first thing he tried was the head of Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there....sudden a spell As to bound like a ball on the roof of his cell. 4. Next time he put in Alexander the Great, With a garment that Dorcas had made for a weight... | |
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Voltaire, Which retained all the wit that had ever been there. As a weight, he threw in a torn scrap of a leaf, Containing the prayer of the penitent thief... 
