 To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 34by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 828 pages
...but like a pair of compasses — Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when...hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes honu. Such wilt thou be to mo, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run, Thy firmness makes my... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 838 pages
...but like a pair of compasses — Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when...far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And growi erect, as that comes home, Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1860 - 408 pages
...centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as mine comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run : Thy f,rmness makes my circle just, And me to end where I begun. I return from my account of the vision,... | |
 | Caroline Snowden Guild - 1860 - 366 pages
...soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the other do. And though it in the centre fit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erecl:, as that comes home Such wilt thou be to me, who muft, Like the other foot, obliquely run :... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 802 pages
...foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when tha other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect, 03 that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run, Thy firmness... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pages
...move, but doth, if t'other do : And though it in the centre fit. Yet when the other far doth rome, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as...comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like t'other foot obliquely run : Thy firmness makes my circle just And makes me end where I begun.' CHAPTER... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...As stitf twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit. Yet when...other foot, obliquely run ; Thy firmness makes my circles just, And makes me end where I begun. But we turn with more pleasure to his prose :— THE... | |
 | 1863 - 740 pages
...mine comes home. 1 Lectures on University Education, 1852, p. 79. Such thou must be to me, who mast, Like th' other foot, obliquely run : Thy firmness makes my circle just, And me to end where I begun." The firmness of the Church in the centre regulates the mobile course of biblical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 pages
...so As stiff twin-compasses are two, Thy soul the flxt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. *' And though it in the centre sit, Yet,...th' other foot, obliquely run. Thy firmness makes my eircle just, And makes me end, where I begun." DONNE: A Valed iction forbidding Mourning. In all these... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1864 - 438 pages
...other far does roum, '* Thine leans and hearkens after it, " And grows erect as mine comes home. " Snch wilt thou be to me, who must, " Like th' other foot,...obliquely run : " Thy firmness makes my circle just, " And me to end where I begun." I return from my account of the vision, to toll the reader, that both before... | |
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