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The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith with illustrations by Hammatt Billings caption: Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage And even the story ran that he could gauge; In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, For even though vanquished he could argue still, While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around; |
| Date | before 1874 |
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The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith with illustrations by Hammatt Billings (https://archive.org/details/the-deserted-village) |
| Author | Hammatt Billings |
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