 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1882 - 642 sidor
...the presence and the power • of some Of greatness ; and deep feelings had impressed , j^^ up anj Profuse in garniture of wooden cuts Strange and uncouth ; dire faces, figures dire. Sharp-kneed, sharp-elhowed, and lean-ankied too, With long and ghostly shanks— forms which once seen Could never... | |
 | William Hickman S. Aubrey - 1878 - 734 sidor
...chosen. Wordsworth, in his "Excursion," has a happy description which may be adapted to the case: — "Wooden cuts "Strange and uncouth; dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-kneed, sharp-elbowed, and lean-ancled too, With long and ghostly shanks: forms which once seen Can never be forgotteu." The fashion... | |
 | Morris Joseph Fuller - 1884 - 508 sidor
...well recall them forty years afterwards, yielding them from the " mindful tablets of his memory." " Profuse in garniture of wooden cuts, Strange and uncouth : dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-kneed, sharp elbowed, and lean-ankled too, With long and ghastly shanks— forms which, once seen, Could never... | |
 | Child life - 1884 - 314 sidor
...some such volume that sat for its portrait to Wordsworth, and which he so exquisitely describes as " Profuse in garniture of wooden cuts, Strange and uncouth ; dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-knee'd, sharp-elbow'd, and lean-ankled too, With long and ghastly shanks, — forms which, once seen, Could... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1885 - 490 sidor
...seventeenth century, and are adorned with rude woodcuts, probably copies of ruder originals — • * wooden cuts Strange, and uncouth ; dire faces, figures...With long and ghostly shanks, forms which once seen, Can never be forgotten :' — WORDSWORTH'S Excursion.'] DEATH. T'HOTJ wealthy man of large possessions... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1885 - 512 sidor
...and are adorned with rnde woodcuts, probably copies of rnder originals — ' wooden cnts Strange, ami uncouth ; dire faces, figures dire. Sharp-kneed, sharp-elbowed,...With long and ghostly shanks, forms which once seen, Can never be forgotten " — WORDSWORTH'S Excurtio*.] DEATH. T'HOU wealthy man of large possessions... | |
 | Duchess - 1886 - 392 sidor
...them?—' Strange and uncouth ; dire faces, figures dire : Sharp,kneed, sharp-elbowed, and lean-anklcd too, With long and ghostly shanks ; forms which once seen Could never be forgotten l ' ' What on earth is a shank ? ' asks Sir John ; but nobody heeds him. ' Keally, Tremaine, you know,... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 332 sidor
...persecution, and the Covenant — times Whose echo rings through Scotland to this hour! And there, by lucky hap, had been preserved A straggling volume,...! In his heart, Where Fear sate thus, a cherished visitant, Was wanting yet the pure delight of love By sound diffused, or by the breathing air, Or by... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 336 sidor
...persecution,, and the Covenant — times Whose echo rings through Scotland to this hour! And there, by lucky hap, had been preserved A straggling volume,...forms which once seen Could never be forgotten ! In hts heart, Where Fear sate thus, a cherished visitant, Was wanting yet the pure delight of love By... | |
 | William Wordsworth, John Morley - 1889 - 1152 sidor
...persecution, and the Covenant — times Whose echo rings through Scotland to this hour ! And there, by lucky hap, had been preserved A straggling volume,...and uncouth ; dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-kneed, sharp -elbowed, and leanankled too, With long and ghostly shanks — forms which once seen Could never... | |
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Profuse in garniture of wooden cuts Strange and uncouth ; dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-kneed, sharp-elbowed, and lean-ankled too, With long and ghostly shanks — forms which once seen Could never be forgotten... 
