 twas the " pearl of great price." At last the whole world was bowled in at the grate ; With the soul of a beggar to serve for a weight ; When the former sprang up with so strong a rebuff, That it made a vast rent, and escaped at the roof...  The Contributions of Q. Q. - Side 120af Jane Taylor - 1831Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Thomas Fernie - 1913 - 442 sider
...strong a rebuff, That it made a vast rent, and escaped at the roof ; While the scale with the soul in't so mightily fell, That it jerked the philosopher out of his cell." On the question, What is a brutal Head ? Dr. Maudsley, late Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at University... | |
 | 1915 - 368 sider
...the former sprang up with so strong a rebuff That it made a vast rent and escaped at the roof! When balanced in air, it ascended on high, And sailed up...balloon in the sky; While the scale with the soul in't so mightily fell That it jerk'd the philosopher out of his cell. — JANE TAYLOB "FAME WORLD,... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 sider
...the former sprang up with so strong a rebuff That it made a vast rent and escaped at the roof! When balanced in air, it ascended on high, And sailed up...balloon in the sky; While the scale with the soul in't so mightily fell That it jerked the philosopher out of his cell. Jane Taylor [1783-1824] THE MAIDEN... | |
 | Pearl Steele Cossitt, Frederic Henry White, Frederick Briggs Stebbins - 1925 - 250 sider
...rent and escaped at the roof Whence balanced in air it ascended on high And sailed up aloft a baloon in the sky. While the scale with the soul in so mightily fell That it jerked the Philosopher out of his cel1. Moral — Dear Reader, if e'er self deception prevails We pray you to try the Philosopher's Scales.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 466 sider
...former sprang up with so strong a +rebuff, That it made a vast rent and escaped at the roof; When, balanced in air, "it ascended on high, And sailed...balloon in the sky; While the scale with the soul in't so mightily fell, That it jerked the +philosopher out of his cell. XCIV.— ORIGIN OF PROPERTY.... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 386 sider
...the former sprang up with so strong a rebuff That it made a vast rent and escaped at the roof! When balanced in air, it ascended on high, And sailed up aloft, a balloon in the sky; While the scalt with the soul in 't so mightily fell That it jerked the philosopher out of his cell. REGINALD... | |
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