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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. "
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 105
by James Boswell - 1807 - 460 pages
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell - 1785 - 546 pages
...around, Revolves tile fad vitillitude of things. 1 thought I had heard thefe lines before.— John/on. " I fancy not, Sir ; for they are in a detached poem,...which I do not remember, written by one Giffard, a parfon." I expected Mr. Kenneth M'Aulay, the minifier of Calder, who publifhed the Hiftory of St. Kilda,...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - 1786 - 552 pages
...lines : — '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 things1.' 'Verse softens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings;...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...undiscovered : " 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." In the autumn of 1782, when he was at Brighthelmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Philip Metcalfe...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
..." 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 of 1782, when he was at Brighthelmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Philip Metcalfe...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

James Boswell - 1810 - 438 pages
...Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. — Johnson. "1 fancy not, sir ; for they are in a detached poem,...not remember, written by one Giffard, a parson.'* o I expected Mr. Kenneth M'Aulay, the minister of Calder, who published the History of St. Kilda, a...
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1813 - 492 pages
...lines: " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound, " All at her work the village maiden sings ; " Nor while she turns the giddy wheel around, " Revolves...do not remember, written by one Giffard, a parson." . . • us here, as I had written to him from Aberdeen. But I received a letter from him, telling me...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...undiscovered : " Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound : " ЛИ at her work the village maiden sings; " Nor while she turns the giddy wheel around, " Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." In the autumn of 178-2, when he was at Brighthelmstone, he freqnently accompanied Mr. Philip Mctcalfe...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...wise and " Ver«« sweetens toil, however rude the sound : AIL at her work the village maiden sings; Nor while she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." In the autumn of 1782, when he was at Brighthelmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Philip Metcalft...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 472 pages
...undiscovered: " 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." In the autumn of 1782, when he was at Brighthelmstone, he frequently accompanied Mr. Phillip Metcalfe...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pages
...undiscovered: " 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." In 1771 he published another political pamphlet entitled " Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting...
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