 And turn the unwilling steeds another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle and unopening door ; . While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat.  Select Works - Sivu 150tekijä(t) Edmund Burke - 1892 - 384 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 sivua
...another way : Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curs'd the sav'd candle, and nnopening door ; While ct Than glory and benediction, that is, thanks, The slightest, easiest, re lo eal. Not so his son : he mark'' I this oversight, And then mistook reverse of wrong, for right (For... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 sivua
...another way : Benighted wanderers, tie forest o'er, Curse the saved candle, and unopening door ; While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat. Not so his son, he mark'd this oversight, And then mistook reverse of wrong for right. (For what to... | |
 | 1878 - 668 sivua
...ecclesiastics in question. Ev. Pn. SHIRLEY. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (5th S. ix. 29.)— " While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat." Pope's Moral Essays, ep. iii. 1. 195. HDC " Thus painters write their name at Co." Prior's Protoyenes... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1850 - 484 sivua
...into, but from which the matured mind should have freed itself so far as to use it sparingly. " While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat," is an instance which, however witty some may think it, is inconsistent with the general spirit of a... | |
 | 1852 - 874 sivua
...another way : Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curs'd the sav'd candle, and unopening door; While wn Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet Not so his son : he mark'd this oversight, And then mistook reverse of wrong for right, (For what to... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 sivua
...another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curs' d the sav'd eandle, and unopening door ; While the gaunt mastiff growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat. Pope's Moral Eseayt 'Tie strange the miser should his eares employ To gain those riehes he ean ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 sivua
...another way : Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle, and unopening door ; While the gaunt mastiff growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat. Not so his son ; he mark'd this oversight, And then mistook reverse of wrong for right. (For what to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 sivua
...way; Benighted wanderers the forest o'er Curse the saved candle and unopening door; While the guant mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat. Not so his son; he marked this oversight, And then mistook reverse of wrong for right: (For what to... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 442 sivua
...establishment : — " Benighted wanderers the forest o'er Cursed the saved candle and unopened door ; While the gaunt mastiff growling at the gate Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat." To this place the family came regularly on Saturday evenings, after a slight repast in town, — bringing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 sivua
...another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the sav'd candle and unopening door ; While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat. Not sc his son ; he mark'd this oversight, And then mistook reverse of wrong for right : (For what... | |
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