 Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded...  Poems - Side 409av William Cowper - 1820 - 480 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1898 - 330 sider
...experiences. Rather the reverse, as Cowper in the poem, alluding to the sports at school, says, — The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection...our own delights, That, viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent, sweet, simple years again. And writing to Unwin in 1786, he thus recalls his... | |
 | Richard Grosvenor Bartelot - 1899 - 188 sider
...Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd but not destroyed. The little ones unbuttoned glowing hot Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once...into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dezt'rous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollections of our own delights, That... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 562 sider
...Tirocinium says of the games of his school life : — " The little ones unbutton'd, glowing hot Playing our games and on the very spot As happy as we once,...and draw The chalky ring-, and knuckle down at taw." The terms used were the same as those heard to-day in school yards : taws, vent, back-licks, rounces,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 sider
...knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such...our own delights, That viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place, Whence... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 568 sider
...knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection...our own delights, That viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place, Whence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 sider
...Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed : The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once,...into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Sucli recollection of our own delights, That,... | |
 | A. Wolfromm - 1900 - 240 sider
...Though mangled, hack'd and hew'd*, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once,...ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into W the grounded hat, Or drive* it devious with a dexterous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once excites... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 sider
...Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once,...into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once excites Such recollection of our own delights, That... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 716 sider
...Tho' mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd : The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once,...dext'rous pat — The pleasing spectacle at once excites 310 Such recollection of our own delights, That, viewing it, we seem almost t' obtain Our innocent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 916 sider
...Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed : The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once,...into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once excites 310 Such recollection of our own delights That,... | |
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