 | 1852 - 302 oldal
...can be produced without the letter E, which is a letter employed more than any other: "A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain That what I say is right." THE FKOG AND THE SNAKE. A FABLE, BY JP M'COBJD. ONCE on a time,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 oldal
...letters, in the formation of words, have been pretty aecurately determined, as followi: — A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain, That what I say is right. The Fate of Nassau affords another example, each stanza containing... | |
 | Appleton Morgan - 1872 - 344 oldal
...Cadmean madnefs.* Lord North, a courtier of the times of James I., wrote fonnets, and * Pojt, p. — and Earl Rivers, in the reign of Edward IV., tranflated...his way, Doth tax his fight, but far doth ftray. Not * Ezra vii. 21. IMTROD. INTEOD. Not work of man, nor fport of child, Finds Naffan in that mazy wild... | |
 | Appleton Morgan - 1872 - 332 oldal
...Cadmean madnefs.* Lord North, a [courtier of the times of James I., wrote fonnets, and » Poft, p. and Earl Rivers, in the reign of Edward IV., tranflated...of the alphabet, except E. THE FATE OF NASSAN. Bold Naflan quits his caravan, A hazy mountain grot to fcan ; Climbs jaggy rocks to fpy his way, Doth tax... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 oldal
...perceive the difficulty of such composition. of the » in the formation of words, hava ii ? A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain, That what I say is right. The Fate of Nassan affords another example, each stanza containing... | |
 | William T. Dobson - 1882 - 326 oldal
...quarry on thy Arab boy." Here follows a fugitive verse, written with ease without e's : "A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain, That what I say is right." CENTONES OR MOSAICS. this formerly favourite amusement of the... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 oldal
...Both these attempts are shown in the following stanza written with ease without e's. A jovial swain may rack his brain. And tax his fancy's might. To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain, That what I say is right. Lord Holland, in 1824, wrote a story, called "Eve's Legend,"... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 oldal
...Both these attempts are shown in the following stanza written with ease without e's. A jovial twain may rack his brain. And tax his fancy's might. To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain. That what I say is right. Lord Holland, in 1824, wrote a story, called " Eve's Legend,"... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 oldal
...Both these attempts are shown in the following stanza written with ease without e's. A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 'tis most plain, That what I say Ь right. Lord Holland, in 1824, wrote a story, called "Eve's Legend,"... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 oldal
...for joys, Quixotic hazards run; A lass annoys with trivial toys, Opposing man for fun. A jovial swain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might. To quiz in vain, for 't is most plain That what I say is right. BOSTON CITY GOVERNMENT, 1887. That which combined us was... | |
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The whole alphabet, with the E alone excepted, is contained in the following, written with eafe without E's. A jovial fwain may rack his brain, And tax his fancy's might, To quiz in vain, for 'tis moft plain, That what I fay is right. Each verfe of the... 
