 He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a knack of joking ; He did not make himself a bear, Although he had a taste for smoking ; And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will...  Every-day Characters - Page 11by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1896 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...Lines to a ringlet or a turban, And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a...belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. C7 And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 898 pages
...in their radiant courses, And ending with some precept deep For dressing eels or shoeing horses. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a...belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...Lines to a ringlet or a turban ; And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothing for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a...belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Lines to a ringlet or a turban ; And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothing for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a knack of joking ; He did not make himself a hear, Although he had a taste for smoking : And when religious sects ran mad, He held, in spite of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...Lines to a ringlet or a turban ; And trifles for the Morning Post, And nothing for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a...belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnish'd cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...penti'd and plann'd (hem ; For »II who undersiood admired And some who Jid not understand tlivm. He did not think all mischief fair. Although he had a...is bad, • ' . It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and lov'd to sit In ihe low hut or gnrnish'd cottage. And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - Quotations - 1848 - 320 pages
...learned in dogs and and horses. KNOWLES — Ijve Chase. 50. When religious sects run mad, He holds in spite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. PRAED,— The Vicar. 51. One Whose yesterdays look backward with a smile, Nor like the Parthian wound... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...to a ringlet or a turban, And trifles for the " Morning Post," And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a...belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...Lines to a ringlet or a turban, And trifles for the "Morning Post," And nothings for Sylvanus Urban. He did not think all mischief fair, Although he had a...belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...the " Morning Post," And nothings for Sylvanns Urban. He did not think all mischief fair; Althbugh he had a knack of joking; He did not make himself...,belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely... | |
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