 gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest in order to the top. For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right.  Poems - Page 214by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...Consoled him and dispell'd his fears : He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'mn in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipp'd the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...explore, The lowest first, and without stop The next in order to the top. For 'tis a truth well know to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right Forth skipped the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit, Nor... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...Consoled him and dispell'd his fears; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop, The rest in order to the top. For'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it ere it come to light,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1860 - 506 pages
...Consoled him and dispelled his fears , He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipped the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | John Jones Thomas - Celtic philology - 1860 - 258 pages
...guard for itself, and respectfully ward off designing schemers of historical inconsistencies. "For 'tit a truth well known to most, " That whatsoever thing...is lost, " We seek it, ere it come to light, " In every cranny but the right." Moreover, do not the figures engraved on our Cimmerian cut tend to substantiate... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 198 pages
...Consoled him and dispelled his fears, He left his bed, he trod the floor, And 'ganf in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it ere it come to light In every corner but the right. Forth skipped the Cat, not now replete, As erst, with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...Casca made. SHARSPERE. — Julius Caesar, Act III. Scene 2. (Anthony to the Citizens.) SEEK.—Tia a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost — We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. COWPER. — The Retired Cat, Line 05. He that diligently eeeketh good,... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...Consoled him and dispelled his fears : He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers t' explore, The lowest first, and without stop The...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipped the cat, not now replete As erst with airly self-conceit.... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ? — Caw. The Jackdaw. For 't is a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every crauny but the right. The Retired Cat. MRS. THRALE. 1740-1822. The tree of deepest root is found... | |
 | John Jones Thomas - Celtic philology - 1866 - 250 pages
...stand guard for itself, and respectfully ward off designing schemers of historical inconsistencies. "For 'tis a truth well known to most, " That whatsoever...is lost, " We seek it, ere it come to light, " In every cranny but the right." Moreover, do not the figures engraved on our Cimmerian cut tend to substantiate... | |
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