| Caleb Bingham - 1811 - 316 стор.
....feelings of the human heart. LINES SPOKEN 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 Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a. critic's eye, But pass my... | |
| Warren Burton - 1833 - 174 стор.
...lad in this way committed to memory that famous piece of self-puffery beginning with the lines — ' You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public...the great in speaking. Besides half an hour of daily school time set apart for the exercise undei the immediate direction and exemplification of the master,... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 264 стор.
...of all republicans, and terror through the hearts of all tyrants. Maxcy. THE INFANT ORATOR. 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, D» n't view me with a critic's eye, But pass... | |
| Jacob Abbott - 1835 - 416 стор.
...one of my age, To speak in public on the stage.* Memorus Wordwell committed to memory, and parrotted forth, that famous speech of Pitt, in which he so...the great in speaking. Besides half an hour of daily school time set apart for the exercise under the immediate direction and exemplification of the master,... | |
| Jacob Abbott - 1835 - 412 стор.
...lad in this way committed to memory that famous piece of self-puffery, beginning with the lines— ' You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public...stage.' Memorus Wordwell committed to memory, and parrotted forth, that famous speech of Pitt, in which he so eloquently replies to the charge of being... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 стор.
...no more should see, And I'd come and float, 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 Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass... | |
| Warren Burton - 1838 - 174 стор.
...lad in this way committed to memory that fiimou.s piece of self-puffery beginning with the lines— "You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage." Memorus Word well committed to memory and parroted forth that famous speech of Pitt, in which he so eloquently... | |
| 1840 - 480 стор.
...perched upon a platform, squeaking at the top of thy lungs, and with most triumphant emphasis, — " You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage." I will say nothing of the unseemly and uncomfortable application of the birch, nor of the sonorous... | |
| John D. Post - 1842 - 314 стор.
...lad in this way committed to memory that famous piece of self-puffery, beginning with the lines — " You'd scarce expect one of my age, ,^. To speak in...eloquently replies to the charge of being a young man. 15. Cicero at Athens was not more assiduous in seeking the immense and the infinite in eloquence, than... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 стор.
...no more should see, And I'd come and float, 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 Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass... | |
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