 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...wheel (with changes made perhaps intentionally by Johnson), as follows : — ' Verse sweetens care however rude the sound ; All at her work the village maiden sings; Nor, as she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things.' Contemplation, which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 496 pages
...lines : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. " AH at her work the village maiden sings ; f' Nor while she turns the giddy wheel around, " Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. — JOHNSON. " I fancy not, sir ; for they are in a detached... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...Giffard, a clergyman ; but the poem in which they are introduced, has hitherto been undiscovered : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound : " All at her work the village maiden sings ; " Xor while she turns the giddy wheel around, " Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." In the autumn... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pages
...warrant you, (said Dr. Johnson,) one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. " All at her...she turns the giddy wheel around, " Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. — Johnson. "1 fancy not, sir ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 484 pages
...warrant you, (said Dr. Johnson,) one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound, . " All at...around, " Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. — JOHNSON. " I fancy not, sir ; for they are in a detached... | |
 | James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...warrant you, (said Dr. Johnson,) one of the songs of Ossian." He then repeated these lines: " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound, " All at her...around, " Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. — JOHNSON. " I fancy not, sir ; for they are in a detached... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...introduced, has hitherto been undiscovered : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound : " ЛИ at her work the village maiden sings; " Nor while...autumn of 178-2, when he was at Brighthelmstone, he freqnently accompanied Mr. Philip Mctcalfe in his chaise, to take tlie air, and the conversation in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...Giffard, a clergyman ; but the poem in which they are introduced, has hitherto been undiscovered : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound : " All at her work the village maiden sings; " Nor while she lurns the giddy wheel around, " Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." In the autumn of 1782, when... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...endeavoured to persuade the nation that it was wise and " Ver«« sweetens toil, however rude the sound : AIL at her work the village maiden sings; Nor while she...Brighthelmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Philip Metcalft in his chaise, to take the air ; and the conversation in one of their excursions happening... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 pages
...Gift'ard, a clergyman ; but the poem in which they are introduced, has hitherto been undiscovered: " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound : " All at her...at Brighthelmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Phillip Metcalfe in his chaise, to take the air; and the conversation in one of their excursions happening... | |
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Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound. All at her work the village maiden sings; Nor, while she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things. 
