 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...scene; it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its...vain; he likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music; it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar. Even the prattle of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...it has beconle flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its...; he •likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music. It longs for the trumpet's clangor, and the cannon's roar. Even the prattle of... | |
 | William Sullivan - United States - 1834 - 398 pages
...former delight " is relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene. " His books are abandoned. His shrubbery blooms, and " breathes its fragrance upon the air, in vain. His ear no " longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the " trumpet's clangor and the... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...it has become fiat and insipid to his taste ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery blooms and breathes its...vain ; he likes it not ; his ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar : even the prattle... | |
 | George Watterston - Statesmen - 1836 - 172 pages
...it has become flat and insipid to his taste ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery blooms and breathes its...vain ; he likes it not ; his ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangor, and the cannon's roar ; even the prattle... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...it has become flat and insipid to his taste ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery blooms and breathes its...vain ; he likes it not ; his ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar : even the prattle... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...it has become flat and insipid to his taste ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery blooms and breathes its...vain ; he likes it not ; his ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar : even the prattle... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...; it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its...vain ; he likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangour and the cannon's roar. Even the prattle... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Attorneys general - 1849 - 492 pages
...abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its fragrance upou the air in vain; he likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangor and the cannon's roar. Even the prattle of... | |
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In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight is relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene: it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His... 
