| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 страници
...thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights...grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 страници
...Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm earth ; then hopping o'er the floor Ryes all the smiling family askance, And pecks and starts,...grown, the table.crumbs Attract his slender feet. The great beauty of that celebrated poet consists in his elegant and just descriptions of the (economy... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 страници
...shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit Half-afraid, he first Against the window heats ; own : Th' assassinating wife, the household fiend,...far the blackest there, the traitor-friend. On t* The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard... | |
| Mary R. Sterndale - 1821 - 886 страници
...Here the children smiled with pleased recognition of the image with which they had been just familiar. Then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping...the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And peeks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table crums Attract hit... | |
| Miss Stockdale (Mary R.), Mary R. Stockdale - 1821 - 454 страници
...Here the children smiled with pleased recognition of the image with which they had been just familiar. Then, brisk, alights 'On the warm hearth; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the statling family askance, And pecks, and sta'rts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown.,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 272 страници
...thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights...grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard... | |
| James Thomson - 1822 - 174 страници
...joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then,...the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes alt the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till, more familiar... | |
| 1830 - 492 страници
...half-doubtful, manner of the robin when he ventures to enter the cottage to pick up the proffered crumbs : " Then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is." The sprightly air of this species, the full dark eye, and the sidelong turn of the head, give an appearance... | |
| James Thomson - 1824 - 256 страници
...joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats : then,...grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants, fhe hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 страници
...thorny thickets leaves His shiv'ring mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, azlitt table-cmmbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare,... | |
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