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" Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw... "
Poems, - Page 165
by William Cowper - 1817
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The Life of William Cowper, Esq, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1839 - 352 pages
...deep employed ; Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot,...as we once to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle-down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...while deep-employ' d, Though mangled, hack'd and hew'd, not yet destroy 'd: The little ones unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot,...as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and kunckle down at taw, To piteh the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous...
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Dawnings of genius; or, The early lives of some eminent persons of the last ...

Anne Pratt - 1841 - 270 pages
...while deep employed, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroyed; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot;...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat. This fond attachment to the well-known...
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Childhood, a selection from the poets, by H.M.R.

Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...while deep employed, Tho' mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed: The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot,...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once...
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A Blue-coat Boy's Recollections of Hertford School

George Wickham - 1841 - 258 pages
...and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none. The little ones unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw." COWPBR. HAVING in the foregoing chapter pictured the tranquil decline of a beloved companion sinking...
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Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...dcstroy'd, The little ones, unbotton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; 305 As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball intc the grounded hat, Or drive it devious -vith a dext'rous pat ; Tho pleasing spectacle at once...
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The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend, Volumes 4-5

1844 - 332 pages
...while deep employed, Though mangled, hacked and hewed, not yet destroyed.The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot,...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch .the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat; The pleasing spectacle at once...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 25

1844 - 288 pages
...while deep employed, Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, yet not destroyed. The little ones unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...as we once to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle-down at taw. This fond attachment to the well-known place, Where first we started into life's...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 36

1853 - 672 pages
...bowed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on tho very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat to say nothing of the big boy's...
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...deep employ *d, Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot...chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dextrous pat ; The pleasing spectacle at once...
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