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...faithful herdman's art belongs ! [sped ; What recks it them? What need they? They are And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swolnwith wind and the rank mist they draw, * One of the Nereides, who wa» commonly...

...cannot fathom the whole extent of a. Urge discourse. Digby on the Sovi, Dedication. When they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. UiUon. The proper objects of common mirth and sportful divertisement are mean and petty matters ; any...

...eternal sing-song of election, reprobation, satisfaction, and the Three-in-one ; " And when they list their lean and flashy songs, Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched etraw. We can fancy that we see the great poet sitting in a certain meeting-honse, listening to one...

...'herdsman,' in his MS. ' Herdman,' is used in our transl. of the Bible, Amos i. 1. Todd. VOL. III. K Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, 125 But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...

...use: the Danish skranten, weak, sickly, or feeble, seems to give its definition. They when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. MILTON'S LTCIDAS. SCRIMER (F. escrimeur), a fencing master, an adept in that art. The scrimers of their...

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...herdsman's art belongs! .- What recks it them ? What need they ? they are sped, And, when 'they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel...wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up , and are not fed, 125 But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Hot inwardly, and foul contagion spread:...

...What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songt Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and arc not fed, But, swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...