| Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 halaman
...Don't view me wilh a critic's eye, liii' pass my imperfections by. ' Large ' 58 THE COLUMBIAN ORATOR. Large streams from little fountains flow ; Tall oaks...tongue ; Yet all great learned men, like me, Once learn'd to read their A, B, C. But why may not Columbia's soil Rear men as great as Britain's isle... | |
| Caleb Bingham - 1811 - 316 halaman
...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...feeble tongue; Yet all great learned men, like me, Once learn'd to read their A, B, C. But why may n.ot Columbia's soil Rear men as great as Britain's isle;... | |
| Caleb Bingham - 1817 - 314 halaman
...to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass ray im perfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow ; Tall...feeble tongue; Yet all great learned men, like me, Once learn'd to read their A, B, C. But why may not Columbia's soil Rear men as great as Britain's isle... | |
| Caleb Bingham - 1821 - 312 halaman
...below Demofthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's But pafs my imperfections by. Large ftreams from little fountains flow ; Tall oaks from little acorns grow : And though I no'v am fmall and young, Of judgment weak, and feeble tongue; Yet all great learned men, like me, Once... | |
| George Merriam - 1841 - 308 halaman
...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 my imperfections by,' &c. 7- " Those six lines were my first lesson; and after tea my mother sat down to the task of teaching... | |
| Baynard Rush Hall - 1843 - 352 halaman
...my age, To speak in public, on the stage ; And should I chance to fall below Demosthenes, or Cicero, Don't view me 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... | |
| Charles Mason Hovey - 1845 - 504 halaman
...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... | |
| Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 halaman
...so small a child learned so much deceit. This is a small affair at best, some may say ; but do not " Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow ?" And do not the " small beginnings " of instruction lay the foundation of the man's or woman's character... | |
| James Diman Green - 1850 - 124 halaman
...the possible oritorial difference between Cicero and myself. And then at the lines: — [ Laughter. " Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by," I swept all criticism behind me with a magnificent motion. I recollect that, because it was suggestive... | |
| James Spear Loring - 1852 - 762 halaman
...stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, Bat pass my imperfections by: Large streams from little...learned men, like me, Once learned to read their A, B, 0. But why may not Columbia's soil Rear men as great aa Britain's Isle, — Exceed what Greece and... | |
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