 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...numbers to another sense : While many a merry tale, and many a song, Cbeer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much ef the rapidity.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...numbers to another sense : While many a merry tale, and many a song, Chee1'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much of the rapidity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...numbers to another sense ; While many a merry tale, and many a song, Chear'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much of "the rapidity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...numbers to another sense ; While many a merry tale, and many a song, Cheer' d the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairly ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much of the rapidity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...numbers to another sense ; While many a merry tale, and many a song, Chear'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairly ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much of the rapidity.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 620 pages
...devotion. CHAPTER VIII. PALMISTRY. When many a mery tale and many a song Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road, then, returning in a round, Mock'd our enchanted Steps, for all was fairy ground, Samuel Johnson, Oy peep of day Quintin Durward had forsaken... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1824 - 498 pages
...devotion. CHAP. IV. PALMISTRY. When many a merry tale and many a song Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road, then, returning in a round, Mock'd our enchanted steps, for all was fairy ground. Samuel Johtuoit. BY peep of day Quentin Durward had forsaken... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...numbers to another sense ; While many a merry tale, and many a song, Chear'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long, The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much of the rapidity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...numbers to uuother sense : While many a merry tale, and many a song, Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. \Ve have now, surely, lost much of the delay, and much of the rapidity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 pages
...numbers to another sense : While many a merry tale, and many a song. Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. We have now surely lost much of the delay, and much of the rapidity.... | |
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Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long; The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground. 
