| 1881 - 980 páginas
...most formidable assailants of that review had expressed the truth of the matter : "But this you may know, that, as long as they grow, Whatever change...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree." Jeffrey's idea of the complete vegetable was a tree duly subjected to the topiary art, and neither... | |
| J. G. HOLLAND - 1881 - 990 páginas
...most formidable assailants of that review had expressed the truth of the matter : "But this you may know, that, as long as they grow, Whatever change...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree." Jeffrey's idea of the complete vegetable was a tree duly subjected to the topiary art, and neither... | |
| Thomas Wright (of London.) - 1882 - 568 páginas
...daughter and me, or the notion of making us other than we are. They run — 'For the slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy rill,...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree.' " To find in the inhabitant of some very humble homes the follower of some very poorly paid employment,... | |
| 1886 - 520 páginas
...the equally well-known 'Oh, bold Robin Hood,' and the charming snatch : — ' ' For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill,...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. " This snatch, which, in its mixture of sentiment, truth, and what may be excusably called " rollick,"... | |
| 1886 - 860 páginas
...operetta, the equally well-known " Oh, bold Robin Hood," and the charming snatch : — For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill,...either oak or beech , To be aught but a greenwood tree. This snatch, which, in its mixture of sentiment, truth, and what may be excusably called '- rollick,"... | |
| George Saintsbury - 1890 - 504 páginas
...operetta, the equally well-known " Oh, bold Robin Hood," and the charming snatch : — For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill,...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. This snatch, which, in its mixture of sentiment, truth, and what may be excusably called " rollick,"... | |
| George Saintsbury - 1890 - 492 páginas
...Oh, bold Robin Hood," and the charming snatch :— 1^i i_ l L- i_ ^ f PEACOCK. For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill,...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. This snatch, which, in its mixture of sentiment, truth, and what may be excusably called " rollick,"... | |
| 1890 - 644 páginas
...daughter and me, or the notion of making us other than we are. They run — ' For the slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy rill. You may cut down both at ft single stroke, You may cut down which you will ; But this you must know, that, as long as they grow,... | |
| 1891 - 542 páginas
...I hear these sighs I always think of a •certain delightful verse of Peacock's : But this you may know, that as long as they grow, Whatever change may...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. And English is one with its own greenwood trees in this respect. It will grow as it likes or not at... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1891 - 524 páginas
...When I hear these sighs I always think of a certain delightful verse of Peacock's : But this you may know, that as long as they grow, Whatever change may be, You never can teach either oak or beech To bo aught but a greenwood tree. And English is one with its own greenwood trees in this respect. It... | |
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