 To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the center sit, Yet when the .other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run: Thy firmness...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 35by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...yet A breach, but an expaniuon, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A» stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if ih' other do. 1 That IM, absence. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth room,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As Btiff* twin compasees and gentility. [ Fisión of Oliver Cromwell.] I was interrupted by a strange and terr 1 That in, absence. FROM 1558 JOHN DONNE. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiif twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. i That to, аЬкпое. FROM 1558 JOHN DOITOL And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd...makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. I That if, abucnc*. Ала though it in the centre nit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans,... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - Gift books - 1850 - 356 pages
...foot, which makes no show To stir, but doth if t'other do : And though it in the centre sit, Yet, if the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. So shalt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot, eccentric run : Thy firmness makes my circle... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1852 - 174 pages
...expansion, Like gold to airy thinness heat. If we he two, we are two, so— As stiff twin-compasses are two: Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, hut does if th' other do. And though thine in the centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; The soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other...sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and harkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th'... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...To move, but doth, if th' other do. 1 That is, пЪлстос. FROM 1558 »FIS. JOII.V ООЯЯВ, And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other...hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Sach wilt then be to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circles... | |
 | Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1853 - 534 pages
...an expansion. Like gold to airy thinness beat. If we be two? we oie two so AH stiff twin -compassée are two : Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does if th' other do. And though thine in the centre bit, Yet, when my other fnr does roam. Thine leans... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two : Thy soul, the fix'd...other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my circle just,... | |
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