 | 1797 - 420 pages
...the square ; Here oft my course I bend, when lo ! from far, I spy the furies of the foot-ball'd war : The 'prentice quits his shop to join the crew, Increasing crowds the flying game pursue. 350 But whither shall I run? The throng draws nigh ; The ball now skims the street, now soars on high;... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 pages
...war i The 'prentice quits his shop to join the erew, Increasing crowds the flying game pursue. 350 Thus, as you roll the ball o'er snowy ground, The gathering globe angments with every round. Rut whither shall I run? the throng draws nigh; The ball now skims the street,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pages
...his shop, to join the crew, Increasing crowds the flyiuï game pursue. 35< Thus, as you roll the bail o'er snowy ground. The gathering globe augments with every round. But whither shall I run? thr throng draws nigh, The ball now skims the street, now soars on high; The dcjtt'rous gh/.ier stron;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...along the square: Here oft my course I bend; when lo! from far I spy the furies of the foothall war : n tries his friends ; among the baser herd, Where...was obey'd and fear'd, His safety seeks : the herd, augmenta with every round. But whither shall I run 1 the throng draws nigh. The ball now skims the... | |
 | John Gay - 1826 - 376 pages
...bend, when lol from far I spy the furies of the foot-ball war; The 'prentice quits his shop, to joio the crew, Increasing crowds the flying game pursue....The gathering globe augments with every round. But whjther shall I run 1 the throng draws nigh, The ball now skims the street, now soars on high ; The... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...! from fir I spy the furies of the foot-ball war : The 'prentice quits liis shop, to join the rrew, spiritual lords of peaceful fame ; Thou, changeling...with noise and show, Would'st into courts and citi everj round But whither shall I run ? the throng draws nigh, The I till now skims the street, now soars... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...the »quart; : Here oft my course I bend ; when, lo ! from tu I spy the furies of the foot-ball war: Strife, are §nowy ground. The gathering globe augments with every round, liut whither shall I run? the throng... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...thoroughfares through which men now move, "intent on high designs," should be a field for foot-ball: " The prentice quits his shop to join the crew ; Increasing crowds the flying game pursue." Î This is no poetical fiction. It was the same immediately after the Restoration. D' Avenant's Frenchman... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...the square : Here oft my course I bend ; when, lo ! from far I spy the furies of the foot-ball war: thus abash'd replied. " The serpent me beguil'd,...eat." Which when the Lord God heard, without delay bail o'er snowy ground, The gathering globe augments with every round. But whither shall I run? the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1844 - 246 pages
...thoroughfares through which men now move, "intent on high designs," should be a field for foot-ball: " The prentice quits his shop to join the crew ; Increasing crowds the flying game pursue." This is no poetical fiction. It was the same immediately after the Restoration. It was the same in... | |
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Jones' immortal hands, Columns with plain magnificence appear, And graceful porches lead along the square: Here oft my course I bend, when lo! from far, I spy the furies of the football war: The 'prentice quits his shop to join the crew, Increasing crowds... 
