the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! Elson Grammar School Readers - Trang 92bởi William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1911Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| Henri-Dominique Lacordaire - 1860 - 704 trang
...fan." The sixth, seizing the swinging tail : "I see", quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope." "And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong." The interpretation is personal ; it is an act for itself. We can never fully perceive anything without... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 trang
...swinging tail That fell within his scope ; " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope !" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So apt in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Kail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 trang
...what this resembles most ; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan ! " 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! 9. So, oft in theologic l wars, The disputants,2 I ween,8 Eail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
| Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 trang
...the elephant "is very like a rope" was to him proved beyond dispute. "And so these men of Indoostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding...was partly In the right, And all were In the wrong!" And now, if you will permit me to slightly alter the poet's last verse, so as to point the moral to... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 trang
...what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan!" 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! MORAL. 9. So, oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
| William Darrah - 1876 - 206 trang
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a r&pe ! " And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Bail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean,... | |
| 1876 - 732 trang
...grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
| William James Linton - 1878 - 466 trang
...seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see " — quoth he, — •" the Elephant And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Eail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
| Choice poems - 1879 - 206 trang
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see"— said he— "the Elephant Is very like a rope !" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! Moral. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1879 - 524 trang
...swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a rope ! " VHI. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long,...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
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