The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter 'Little Prig; Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace... Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 469by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Walker Vilant Macbeth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...and the Squirrel Had a quarrel ; And the Mountain called the Squirrel ' Little Prig.' Bun replied : And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If...I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track: Talents differ; all is wisely... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...Long morrow to this mortal youth. FABLE. THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And tlie former called the latter 'Little Prig'; Bun replied, 'You...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I 'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. 1 '11 not deny you make... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...Long morrow to this mortal youth. FABLE. THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter ' Little Prig ' ; Bun replied, '...taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And 1 think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I 'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I,... | |
| Elizabeth Lloyd - Readers - 1876 - 154 pages
...LXXXVIII. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL. The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter " little prig ;" Bun replied, "...sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together ground covered merrily stockings shoes parlor though clothed already enough talents young greater prize... | |
| Elizabeth Lloyd - Readers - 1876 - 156 pages
...a quarrel, And the former called the latter " little prig;" Bun replied, " You are doubtless Atery big, " But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together ground parlor talents mite covered though young treasure merrily clothed greater spread stockings already... | |
| Hermann Marcus Kottinger - Christianity - 1877 - 334 pages
...'il''— Tin- Mountain and the Squirrel. The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel ; And the former called the latter " Little Prig." Bun replied : "...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I am not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 284 pages
...1. The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter " Little Prig." 2. Bun replied : " You are doubtless very big ; But all...taken in together, To make up a year, And a sphere ; 3. And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. .t. I'll not deny yon make A very pretty squirrel... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers (Elementary) - 1878 - 268 pages
...(conceited fellow), sphere, occupy, spry, " squirrel-track." V. Who is called " Bun " in this fable ? " All sorts of things and weather must be taken in together, to make up a year (of time), and a sphere " (of space, ie, the world). If largeness has its advantages, so has smallness... | |
| |