 | 1835 - 440 ページ
...species, or towards any pan of the Creator's works, are evinced by the following striking lines— "I would not enter on my list of friends. Though graced with polished manners and fine souse, Yet wanting sensibility, the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may... | |
 | Will David Howe - 1912 - 318 ページ
...than that of Remus ; so Romulus became the founder of the new city, and it was called Rome after him. I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced...forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. — WILLIAM COWPER. HOW CINCINNATUS SAVED ROME ALFRED J. CHURCH He was made Dictator for six months,... | |
 | Henry Meade Bland - 1912 - 120 ページ
...— Lowell. A man may be young in years and old in hours, if he have lost no time. — Francis Bacon. I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced...sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. In the morning sow thy seed, in the evening withhold not thine hand; for thou knowest not whether shall... | |
 | Pauline Frost Rafter - 1912 - 316 ページ
...look up and sigh and say to himself, " Poor Jane, poor Blanche, I hope they are happy ! " ANDREW LANG. I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced...sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. WILLIAM COWPEE. There dwelt a miller hale and bold Beside the river Dee ; He worked and sang from morn... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1913 - 132 ページ
...William (1731-1800) : best known by his Oiney Hymns and The Task. In the latter we find the lines : ** I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced...sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm." PAGE 46 "Annihilating all that's made," etc.; quoted from Tht Garden, by Andrew Marvell (1620-1678).... | |
 | James William Searson - 1914 - 360 ページ
...HAWTHORNE: The Snow-Image. The Great Stone Face. RUDTARD KIPLING: The Law of the Jungle. NEEDLESS PAIN I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced...forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. — William Cowper. BECAUSE HE LOVES US We tread through fields of speckled flowers, As if we did not... | |
 | Durant Drake - 1914 - 480 ページ
...humblest creature for the sake of "sport" or take pleasure in the killing. We must say with Cowper — "I would not enter on my list of friends, (Though...sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm." This does not necessarily imply that we may not rear and kill animals for food. When properly slaughtered,... | |
 | Augustus Hill Kelley - 1914 - 472 ページ
...making all the earth rejoice, — If I were a voice, an immortal voice. — CHARLES MACKAY. SENSIBILITY I would not enter on my list of friends, Though graced...sensibility, the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. COWFER. THE DAUGHTER OF THE MAN WITH THE HOE "WHEN IT WAS DARK!" If you had seen her on a certain morning... | |
 | Alma Blount - 1914 - 406 ページ
...of English country. — Cowper's Task (VI, 560) contains some famous lines on kindness to animals: I would not enter on my list of friends, (Though graced...sensibility,) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. — Refer to the date of White and explain the significance of the allusion to Burgoyne, and its relation... | |
 | James Alexander Roy - 1914 - 196 ページ
...while his instinctive sympathy for the lower creation appealed to humanitarians : I would not enter in my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners...sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. Cowper's poetry pulsated with human emotion ; it throbbed with the charm of a sympathetic personality,... | |
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I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense. Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. 
