 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - Страниц: 342
...We carved not a line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited,...To see whatever could be seen. Returning from his finished tour, Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you chance to drop, The travelled... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - Страниц: 154
...should be seiral, and have these words branded on his forehead, « The Ungrateful Guest." 4. Oft hat it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly serv'd at most To guard their master 'gainst a post; Yet round the world the blade had been, To see... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 596
...to the keen edge of the world's pruning-knife. " When lopp'd and pruned, trees do nourish fair." " Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited,...the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen." And I am aware' you once witnessed an instance where travelling appeared rather to have made the person... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 364
...THE EAST INDIA SQUADRON, 1 M>tR ^k • • COMMODORE GEORGE C. READ. BY AN OFFICER OF THE US NAVY. " With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their...the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen. " Tlit Chameleon. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL.IL NEW-YORK: CHARLES S. FRANCIS, 352 BROADWAY. BOSTON : JOSEPH... | |
 | 1841 - Страниц: 686
...family, nor did I give any token that it had been noticed by myself. (To be continued.) 336 THE CAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly serv'd at most To guard their master 'gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been To see... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - Страниц: 410
...| Yields to his {ate, — | so ends my tale,. | THE CHAMELEON; OR, PERTINACITY EXPOSED. (MERRICE.) Oft has it been my lot to mark \ A proud, conceited, talking sparft,, | With eyes that hardly serv'd at most', | To guard their master 'gainst a post, ; | Yet round... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 738
...great success. We subjoin an amusing and instructive fable by this worthy divine : — The Chameleon. le thus finished tour, Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you chance to drop, The travelled... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 746
...great success. We subjoin an amusing and instructive fablu by this worthy divine : — T?te Chameleon. e that the moon is thine No less than hers : not worn...grandeur in thy purple zone, Resplendent less, but of haa been, To see whatever could be seen. Returning from his finished tour, Grown ten times perter than... | |
 | M. C. Best - 1844 - Страниц: 204
...and gave rise to those pleasant lines with which I expect you are all familiar, commencing with, " Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited,...To guard their master 'gainst a post, Yet round the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen ;" &c. &c. Now, let us consider this phenomenon a little;... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Страниц: 490
...clay ; And Freedom4 shall awhile repair, And dwell, a weeping hermit, there. Collins. THE CHAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited,...To see whatever could be seen. Returning from his finished tour,5 Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you chance to drop, The travelled... | |
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