 | Frank McCourt - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 378 pages
...blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew. Full well the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disaster in his morningface. He always closes... | |
 | Sandhya Narang - Business & Economics - 1996 - 176 pages
...the West as well in India: 1. Oliver Goldsmith described the village schoolteacher in these words: A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew, We had the boding tremplers learn's to trace, The day's disasters in his morning face: Full well they... | |
 | James M. Banner, Harold C. Cannon - Education - 1997 - 160 pages
...ruler. In "The Deserted Village," Oliver Goldsmith depicted one such teacher as "a man severe . . . stern to view." I knew him well, and every truant...tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. Few are now likely to be Goldsmith's "man severe." Today's successful and admired teachers... | |
 | Jan De Groof, Hilde Penneman - Education - 1998 - 494 pages
...blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill' d to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern...and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh' d with counterfeited... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. 4 1 56 The Deserted Village upon. LYONS Lord 6667 If you're given champagne at...there's a catch somewhere. LYSANDER d.395 BC 6668 learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited... | |
 | Mary DeWitt Freeland - Huguenots - 2009 - 624 pages
...bloasom'd furze, unprofitably gay. There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was and stern to...and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeit... | |
 | Religion - 2004 - 228 pages
...blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern...tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had... | |
 | Adrian Percival, Susan Tranter - Education - 2004 - 252 pages
...attention is paid to it then, in the end, no one will be interested. Epilogue The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, 1 knew him well and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters... | |
 | Benjamin Ifor Evans - English literature - 2006 - 520 pages
...blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school: A man severe he was, and stern...and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern...and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited... | |
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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant... 
