 | John Bell - 1793 - 432 str.
...now with state she utters the command! Eftsocns the urchins to their tasks repair, 155 Their hooks, of stature small, they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from Jinger wet the letters fairi The work so gay, that on their hack is seen, St. George's high achievements... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 str.
...proper fare-; And wisely store the nursery by degrees With wholesome learning, yet acquired with ease. Neatly secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of thin translucent horn, A book (to please us at a tender age, 'Tis called a book, though but a single page) Presents the prayer... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 str.
...proper fare ; And wisely store the nursery by degrees With wholesome learning, yet acquired with ease. Neatly secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of thin translucent horn, A book (to please us at a tender age 'Tis called a book, though but a single page) Presents the prayer... | |
 | 1809 - 488 str.
...Lo, now with state she utters the command ! Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair, Their books, of stature small, they take in hand, "Which with pellucid...secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair; The work SQ gay, that on their back is seen St. George's high achievements does declare; On which thilk... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 str.
...command ! Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair, Their books, of stature small, they take in hanc Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair; The work so gay, that on their back is seen St. George's high achievements does decla: On which thitk... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 str.
...proper fare; And wisely store the nursery by degrees With wholesome learning, yet acquired with eai Neatly secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of thin translucent horn, A book (to please us at a tender age, 'Tis called a book, though but a single page) Presents the prayer... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 str.
...proper fare ; And wisely store the nursery by degrees With wholesome learning, yet acquired with ease. Neatly secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of thin translucent bom, A book (to please us at a tender age, Tis called a book, though but a single page) Presents the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 str.
...proper fare; And wisely store the nursery by degrees With wholesome learning, yet acquired with ease. Neatly secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of thin translucent horn, A book (to please us at a tender age, 'Tis called a book, though but a single page) Presents the prayer... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 str.
...Lo, now with state she utters the command! Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair, Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid...secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high acluevements does declare, On which... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 396 str.
...Lo, now ivith state she utters the command! Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair, Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid...secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare, On which... | |
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of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are To save from finger wet the letters fair." Cowper thus describes the Hornbook of his time: " Neatly secured from being soiled or torn Beneath a pane of thin translucent horn, A hook... 
