| George Crabbe - 1808 - 276 sidor
...crowd. Fir,st let us view the Form, the Size, the Dress ; For, these the Manners, nay the Mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 sidor
...crowd. First let us view the Form, the Size, the Dress ; For, these the Manners; nay the Mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 280 sidor
...crowd. First let us view the Form, the Size, the Dress ; For, these the Manners) nay the Mind express : That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1812 - 240 sidor
...crowd. First, let us tiew the form, the size, the dress ; For, these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, unclos'd for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page; On the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1815 - 358 sidor
...volumes which displayed the antique and o 2 venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid,...unclosed for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page, On the broad back the stubborn ridges roll'd, Where yet the title stands in tarnish'd... | |
| Walter Scott - 1815 - 416 sidor
...volumes which displayed the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid metal made, The close-press'd leaves unclosed for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page, On the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1816 - 306 sidor
...First, let us view the form, the size, the dress •. For, these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, nnclos'd for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1820 - 310 sidor
...crowd. First, let us view the form, the size, the dress ; Tor, these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made ; The close-prest leaves, nnclos'd for many an age; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 sidor
...volumes which displayed the antique and venerable attributes so happily described by a modern poet, That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid, Those ample clasps of solid leather made, The close-press'd leaves unclosed for many an age, The dull red edging of the well-fill'd... | |
| George Crabbe - 1823 - 296 sidor
...crowd. First, let us view the form, the size, the dress; For these the manners, nay the mind express ; That weight of wood, with leathern coat o'erlaid ; Those ample clasps, of solid metal made; The close-press'd leaves, unclosed for many an age ; The dull red edging of the well-fill'd page ; On the... | |
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