 Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.  Poems - Seite 77von William Cowper - 1798Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Hazlitt - 1901 - 320 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such (Toilsome and indigent), she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. to Oh happy peasant ! oh unhappy bard ! His the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 444 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 Seiten
...mnch a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home ! Line 41s. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. Truth. Line 327. The sounding jargon of the schools.3 Line 367. When one that holds communion with... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 Seiten
...wit, Receives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew j And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant... | |
 | Edward Mortimer Chapman - 1910 - 720 Seiten
...approaches the dogmatic, as in the celebrated lines upon " Voltaire and the Lace-Worker," who Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. There is also a passage in " Hope " presaging... | |
 | Charles Sumner Nutter, Wilbur Fisk Tillett - 1911 - 630 Seiten
..."Truth" compares the lot of the Infidel Voltaire with that of a poor and believing cottager who Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth...Frenchman never knew : And In that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. It Is possible for the popularity of a hymn to... | |
 | Clarence Augustus Barbour - 1911 - 244 Seiten
...store, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew; And in that treasure reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a mansion in the skies. 1 The Synagogue, p. 14. O happy... | |
 | 1853 - 624 Seiten
...lilies : — ' She for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit ; She knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A truth...Frenchman never knew — And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes A title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! — O unhappy bard ! His the mere... | |
 | Arthur Samuel Peake - 1913 - 564 Seiten
...on this because it is constantly overlooked. Cowper's famous couplet on the poor cottager who ' Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew," illustrates what I mean. Her conviction that the Bible was true rested simply on her experience of... | |
 | Daniel Crawford - 1912 - 598 Seiten
...for lo ! k>ve is her logic. Her manner, too, so nicely balanced between boldness and timidity. "Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew." (" Heart " is a word that the Bible is just full of. " Brain," I believe, is not once mentioned.) Theories... | |
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