 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1794 - 120 ページ
...fliadow ; the trunk was like a ilrong pillar ; the roots [ 85 ] roots were like crooked fangs, — -I returned, the verdure was nipt by the eaft wind...and fell to the ground. , * I have feen the infects Sporting in the fun-fhine, and darting along the ilreamsj t their .' [ 86 ] . their wings glittered... | |
 | 1802 - 152 ページ
...fangs. I returned : the verdure was nipt by the eaft wind ; the branches were lopt away by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the...mouldered away, and fell to the ground. I have feen the infefts fporting in the funfhine, and darting along the ftreams ; their wings glittered with gold and... | |
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1814 - 214 ページ
...strong pillar; the roots were like crooked fangs. — I returned, the verdure was nipt by the east wind; the branches were lopt away by the ax; the worm...into the trunk, and the heart thereof was decayed; it meuldered away, an< fell to the ground. I have seen the insects [ "9 1 porting in the sun -shine, nd... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 236 ページ
...fangs. I returned: the verdure was nipt by the east wind ; the branches were lopt away by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the...decayed; it mouldered away, and fell to the ground. ed away; its leaves were scattered on the ground, and no one gathered them again. 3. I have seen the... | |
 | 1819 - 186 ページ
...like a strong pillar; the roots were like crooked fangs. J returned: the verdure was nipt by the axe; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the...thereof was decayed : it mouldered away, and fell to tho ground. 1 have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the streams; their... | |
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1819 - 66 ページ
...fangs — I returned ; the rerdure was nipt by the east wind ; the branches were lopt by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the heart thereof was decayed j it mouldered away, and fell to the ground. I have seen the insects sporting in thesunshine, and darting... | |
 | Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1820 - 128 ページ
...fangs. — I returned, the verdure was nipt by the east wind; the branches \iere lopt away by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the...it mouldered away, and fell to the ground. I have seen the insects sporting in the sun-shine, and darting along the streams ; their wings glittered with... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 ページ
...I returned > : the verdure was nipped by the east wind ; the branches were lopped away by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the...decayed ; it mouldered away, and fell to the ground. 3. I have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the streams ; their wings glittered... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1823 - 232 ページ
...: — I returned, the verdure was nipt by the east wind ; the branches were lopt away by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the...it mouldered away, and fell to the ground. I have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the stream ; their wings glittered with... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 ページ
...fangs. I returned : the verdure was nipped by the east wind ; the branches were lopped away by the axe ; the worm had made its way into the trunk. and the...decayed; it mouldered away, and fell to the ground. 3. I have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the streams ; their wings glittered... | |
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A stately tree grew on the plain ; its branches were covered with verdure ; its boughs spread wide, and made a goodly shadow ; the trunk was like a strong pillar ; the roots were like crooked fangs. 
