 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 386 Seiten
...to praftife what they fee ; When one, whofe turn it was to peep, Saw fomething in the engine creep, And, viewing well, difcover'd more Than all the learn'd...ftar-gazing trunk, And now is gotten down fo nigh, I have him juli againft mine eye. This being overheard by one Who was not fo far overgrown In any virtuous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 Seiten
...upon the Moon, As thofe they waited on had done. jj« "With monkeys' ingenuity, That love to praftife what they fee ; When one, whofe turn it was to peep, Saw fomething in the engine creep, And, viewing well, difcover'd more jjr Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, A little thing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 738 Seiten
...upon the Moon, . As thole they waited on had done. 330 With monkeys' ingenuity, That love to praftife what they fee ; When one, whofe turn it was to peep, Saw fomething in the engiue creep, And, viewing well, diicover'd more 335 Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 Seiten
...gaze upon the Moon, As Ihofe they waited on had done. With monkeys' ingenuity, That love to praitife what they fee; When one, whofe turn it was to peep, Saw fomething in the engine creep, And, viewing well, difcever'd more Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, A little thing is... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 Seiten
...upon the Moon, As thofe they waited on had done, 330 With monkeys' ingenuity, That love to praftife what they fee ; When one, whofe turn it was to peep, Saw lomething in the engine ereep, And, viewing well, dileover'd more 335 Than all the iearn'd had done... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 Seiten
...When one. whose turn it was to peep, Saw something in the engine creep, And, viewing well, discover'd more Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, A little thing is slunk Into the long star-gazing trunk, And now is gotten down so nigh, I have him just against mine... | |
 | Poetical narratives - 1810 - 330 Seiten
...When one,' whose turn it was to peep, Saw something in the engine creep, And, viewing well, discover'd more Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, A little thing is slunk Into the long star-gazing trunk. And now is gotten down so nigh, I have him just against mine... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...When one, whose turn it was to peep, Saw something in the engine creep, And, viewing well, discover'd more Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, " A little thing is slunk Into the long star-gazing trunk, And now is gotten down so nigh, I have him just against mine... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1827 - 344 Seiten
...whose turn it was to peep, Saw something in the engine creep ; And, viewing well, discover'd more 335 Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, — A little thing is slunk Into the long star-gazing trunk ; And now is gotten down so nigh, I have him just against mine... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 316 Seiten
...whose turn it was to peep, Saw something in the engine creep, And, viewing well, discover'd more sw Than all the learn'd had done before. Quoth he, A little thing is slunk Into the long star-gazing trunk, And now is gotten down so nigh, I have him just against mine... | |
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With Monkeys Ingenuity, That love to practise, what they see ; When one, whose Turn it was to peep, Saw something in the Engine creep, And, viewing well, discover'd more Than all the Learn'd had done before. 
