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| Alexander Pope - 1796 - 264 pages
...fecret place, 466 And wild impatience ftar'd in ev'ry face. They flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added fomething new, 470 i And all who heard it, made eulargx-mcnts toq ; >. In ev'ry ear it fpread, on ev'ry... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...secret place; And wild impatience star'd in ev'ry face. The flying rumours gather'd as theyroll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all...it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too; In ev'ry car it spread, on ev'ry tongue it grew. Thus flying east and west, and north... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...secret place; And wild impatience star'd in ev'ry face. The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, N And all who heard it made enlargements too ; N. In ev'ry ear it spread, on ev'ry tongue it grew,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...wild impatience star'd in ev'ry face. They flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any talc was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, 470 And all who heard it made enlargements too ; In ev'ry ear it spread, on ev'ry tongue it grew. Thus... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...secret place, 466 And wild impatience star'd in every face. The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, 470 And all who heard it, made enlargements too ; In every ear it spread, on every tongue it grew.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...secret place, And wild impatience star'd in every face. The flying rumours gather'd as they. rolPd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added son And all who heard it made en In every car it spread, on every tongue it grew, neara man com : omething... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...And wild impatience star'd in every face. The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any talc was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements to In every ear it spread, on every tongue it gre .(jiu ; iew, % ts too, > j it grew.... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...secret place, And wild impatience stiir'd in every face. The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something uew, And all who heard it made enlargements too ; In every ear it spread, on every tongue it grew.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...impatience star'il in every face. The flying rumours gathered as they roll'd, .">•• .: re any talc was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too, In every ear it spread, on every tongnc it grew. iThus flying east and west, nn<Pnorth... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...place, And wild impatience star'd in every face. The flying rumours gathrr'd as they roll'd, Scar"e any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it addixl something new, And all who heard it made enlargements too, In every ear it spread, on every... | |
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