 | Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 oldal
...LITTLE BOY, SEVEN YEARS OLD. YOU'D scarce expect one oj\.iffy age, To speak in public, on the stag%; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me wilh a critic's eye, liii' pass my imperfections by. ' Large ' 58 THE COLUMBIAN ORATOR. Large streams... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1811 - 316 oldal
...AT A SCHOOL-EXHIBITION, BY A LITTLE BOY %EVEN YEARS OLD. YOU'D scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public, on the stage; And if I chance to fall below...with a. critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow: And though I now am small... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1817 - 314 oldal
...AT A SCHOOL-EXHIBITION, BY A LITTLE BOY SEVEN YEARS OLD. YOU'D scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public, on the stage ; And if I chance to fall...Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass ray im perfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow ; Tall oaks from little acorns grow... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 oldal
...dear mother, o'er thee. 3. THE INFANT ORATOR. Everett. You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below...with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow ; And though I now am small... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 oldal
...mother would despair of her only child ?— she undertook to teach me the piece I was to speak. To speak in public on the stage, ^ • And if I chance to fall below ' You'd scarce expect one of my age Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 oldal
...dear mother, o'er thee. 3. THE INFANT ORATOR. Everett. You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below...with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow; Tall oaks from little acorns grow ; And though I now am small... | |
 | Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 oldal
...jun. CHAPTER LII. " You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public, on the stage ; And should I chance to fall below Demosthenes, or Cicero, Don't...with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by." A GENERAL truce and cessation of arms had taken place, and our Faculty began to drill the quiescent... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 oldal
...dear mother, o'er thee. 3. THE INFANT ORATOR. — Everett. You'd scarce expect one of my age> To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below...with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow ; Tall oaks from little acorns grow ; And though I now am... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1845 - 504 oldal
...the charity invoked in these two last lines, that I repeat them from the bottom of tny heart, — " Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by." [Mr. Chapman then proceeded to relate the difficulties attendant upon making a speech, and concluded... | |
 | 1849 - 396 oldal
...and perfect law. — Juv. Miscellany. The Child's Oration. YOU'D scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below...with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow ; Tall oaks from little acorns grow ; And though I now am... | |
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You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. 
