 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 Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 251by James Boswell - 1889Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 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,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 548 pages
...around, Revolves the fad viciffitude of things. I thought I had heard thefe lines before. — Johnfon. " I fancy not, Sir ; for they are in a detached poem,...the name of which I do not remember, written by one Gifiard, a parfon." I expected Mr. Kenneth M'Aulay, the minifler of Calder, who publifhed the Hiftory... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 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;... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 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...of Calder, who published the history of St. Kilda, 3 book which Dr. Johnson liked, would have met us here, as I had written to him from Aberdeen. But... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 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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