 That age or injury has hollow'd deep, Where, on his bed of wool and matted leaves, He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play : He sees me, and at once, swift as...  The Essays of "George Eliot." - Pagina 252de George Eliot - 1883 - 288 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | William Cowper - 1864 - 454 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play ; He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears,...stamps, and cries aloud. With all the prettiness of feigu'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart is haul in nature, and unfit For human fellowship,... | |
 | Illustrated sketches - 1864 - 364 pagini
...play. ' He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring birch ; there whisks liis brush, And perks his ears, and stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feipn'd alarm. And anger insignificantly fierce."— T/ie Task. The Squirrel is a very pretty, active,... | |
 | Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play. He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud, With all the prettiness of feigned alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart... | |
 | William Cowper - 1866 - 720 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play. He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighb'ring beech; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart... | |
 | 1867 - 80 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play: He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech, there whisks his brush, And perks his ears,...stamps and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feigu'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. NOONTIDE. COWPBR. KXEATH a shivering canopy reclined,... | |
 | John Tomlinson - 1869 - 192 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play ; He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears,...stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feigned alarm." Myself. " That creature is cunning as a Christian. When your attention is diverted,... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1870 - 236 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play : He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears,...stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart is. hard in nature, and unfit For human... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play : He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears,...stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm. And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 pagini
...full of play He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring beech, there whisk* his brush, And perks his ears, and stamps, and cries aloud. With all the prettiness of feigneil alarm. And anger insignificantly fierce." Two squirrels, placed in such a cage as is sometimes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1872 - 290 pagini
...flippant, pert, and full of play. He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighb'ring beech ; there whisks his brush, And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart... | |
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