 Dear Thomas, did'st thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? There, Thomas, did'st thou never see ('Tis but by way of Simile !) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage ? The cage, as either side...  The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 173מאת Matthew Prior - 1907 - 150 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | George Colman - 1830 - 324 דפים
...them a priori,—that is, from PRIOR :— " There, Thomas, didst thou never eee A Squirrel spend its little rage In jumping round a rolling cage, The cage, as either side turn'd up, Striking a chime of bells a top.' Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs;... | |
 | George Colman - 1830 - 324 דפים
...a priori, — that is, from PRIOR : — " There, Thomas, didst thou never see A Squirrel spend its little rage In jumping round a rolling cage, The cage, as either side turn'd uj>, Striking a chime of bells a top ! Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 518 דפים
...a dog, that turns the spit,] Mr. Prior's simile seems to have been suggested by this passage : Dear Thomas, didst thou never see, ('Tis but by way of...spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 418 דפים
...dog, that turns the spit,~\ Mr. Prior's simile seems to have been suggested by this passage : Dear Thomas, didst thou never see, ('Tis but by way of...spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 360 דפים
...out he was.' This passage from Butler gave, perhaps, an amusing hint to Prior:— ' A squirrel spent his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ; The cage, as either side turnVI up, Striking a ring of bells a-top. Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1899 - 608 דפים
...muse. To this period must belong ' The Simile,' which so aptly figures his dashed ambitions : — 1 There, Thomas, didst thou never see — 'Tis but by...squirrel spend his little rage In jumping round a rowling cage; The cage, as either side turned up, Striking a ring of bells atop ? Mov'd in the orb,... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - 1842 - 608 דפים
...some experience by it, and being wiser for the future THE MOUSE IN AN ANNUAL. Dear Thomas ! didst them never pop Thy head into a tinman's shop ? There, Thomas,...jumping round a rolling cage ? The cage, as either side turned up. Striking a ring of bells at top ? Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1848 - 194 דפים
...and read on. By way of motto, at the top of the first page, were these lines of Prior's : — " Dear Thomas, didst thou never pop Thy head into a tinman's...spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? But up or down, turn wood or wire, It never gets two inches higher." The letter began with — "... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 דפים
...a wart * Mr. Prior's simile seems to have been suggested by this passage : Dear Thomas, didst them never see ('Tis but by way of simile) A squirrel spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1853 - 220 דפים
...flock, great shepherd, be receiv'd; And glad all heav'n with millions thou hast sav'd. A SIMILE. DEAK Thomas, didst thou never pop Thy head into a tinman's...Striking a ring of bells a-top. Mov'd in the orb, pleas' d with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn wood or wire,... | |
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