 To sweet repast th' unwary partridge flies, With joy amid the scatter'd harvest lies ; Wandering in plenty, danger he forgets, Nor dreads the slavery of entangling nets. The subtle dog scours with sagacious nose Along the field, and snuffs each breeze...  The Sportsman - Sida 1171869Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 sidor
...scours with sagacious nose Along the field, and snuffs each breeze that blows ; Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...treads with caution, and he points with fear ; Then (lest some sentry fowl the fraud descry, And bids his fellows from the danger fly) Close to the ground... | |
 | Elisha Jarrett Lewis - 1855 - 508 sidor
...would follow any heedlessness or undue precipitation on his part ; but rather "Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...He treads with caution, and he points with fear." GAT, Rural Sportt. COVEYS THAT WILL NOT LIE. It is seldom attended with much success to follow after... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 sidor
...scours with sagacious nose Along the field, and snuffs each breeze that blows ; Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...treads with caution, and he points with fear; Then (lest some sentry-fowl the fraud descry, And bid his fellows from the danger fly) Close to the ground... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 sidor
...breeze that blows ; Against the wind he takes his prndent way, While the strong gale directs him to his his mind Of covered pits unfathonmbly — lest some sentry fowl tho fraud descry, And bid his fellows from the danger fly — Close to the... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 sidor
...breeze that blows ; Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs him to his ; Along the lawn, where scattered hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous po point* with fear ; Then — lest some sentry fowl the fraud descry, And bid his fellows from the danger... | |
 | Elisha Jarrett Lewis - 1857 - 524 sidor
...would follow any heedlessness or undue precipitation on his part ; but rather "Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...He treads with caution, and he points with fear." GAY : Rural Sports. COVEYS THAT WILL NOT LIE. them would be to circle entirely around them, and then... | |
 | Elisha Jarrett Lewis - 1857 - 530 sidor
...follow any heedlessness or undue precipitation on his part; but rather "Against the wind he takes hia prudent way, While the strong gale directs him to...He treads with caution, and he points with fear." GAT : Rural Sports. COVEYS THAT WILL NOT LIE. It is seldom attended with much success to follow after... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1858 - 588 sidor
...scours with sagacious nose Along the field, and suuffs each breeze that blows ; Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...; He treads with caution, and he points with fear. The fluttering coveys from the stubble rise, And on swift wing divide the sounding skies ; The scatt'ring... | |
 | Elisha Jarrett Lewis - 1863 - 526 sidor
...that would follow any heedlessness or undue precipitation on his part; but rather "Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...assures the covey near: He treads with caution, and ho points with fear." COVEYS THAT WILL NOT LIE. GAY : Rural Sports. It is seldom attended with much... | |
 | 1866 - 300 sidor
...scours with sagacious nose Along the field, and snuffs each breeze that blows ; Against the wind he takes his prudent way, While the strong gale directs...treads with caution, and he points with fear ; Then (lest some sentry fowl the fraud descry, And bids his fellows from the danger fly) Close to the ground... | |
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