 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? what need they? they are sped;...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their serannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 1z5 But swoll'n with... | |
 | David Simpson - Age of reason - 1803 - 351 pages
...their scrannal pipes of wretched straw. " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, " But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, " Rot inwardly,...what the grim wolf with privy paw " Daily devours a pace ; and nothing said, " But that two-handed engine at the door, " Stands ready to smite once,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807
...to A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them ? what need they ? they are sped ; And when they list, their lean aad flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretehed straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind...they draw. Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' t • I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such he will continue; that, in truth,... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - Christian biography - 1809 - 367 pages
...far, very far, above those Christian pastors, described by our divine Milton, to whom t ' The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind-;...they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread !' I therefore confidently hope, that, as he has begun, such he will continue ; that, in truth, he... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 393 pages
...Crate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw, The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But-swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy pawDaily devours apace : and nothing said, But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810
...A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 121 What recks it them? What need they? They are sped;...songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw j The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, liuf , swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 345 pages
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ] They are sped...they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannal pipes of wretched straw. the Clergy, for a circuit of sixty miles round his own neighbourhood,... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 55 pages
...to A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them? what need they? they are sped;...straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoll'n with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what... | |
 | English literature - 1812
...hold A sheep-hook, or have learned ought else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? what need they ? They are sped;...scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look vp and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion... | |
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The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim Wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door,... 
