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" I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. "
The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry - Page 197
by Lindley Murray - 1826
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The English Reader

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1828 - 252 pages
...when she form'd, design 'd them an abode Yet wanting sensibility,) the man Who needlessly sets toot upon a worm . An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening m the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live....
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Murray's English Reader

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...1. 1 WODLD not enter on my list of friends, (Though grac'd with ponsh'd manners and fine sense, Vet wanting sensibility,) the man Who needlessly sets...snail, That crawls at evening in the public path; *»• 71 ut he that h:w humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, arid let the reptile live. I. The...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1829 - 216 pages
...crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. 2. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes A visitor unwelcome into scenes Sacred to neatness...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...censured. 1 I WOULD not enter on my list of friends, (Though grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility,) the man Who needlessly...evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarn' d, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. 2 The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...safe revenge. I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly...evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn 'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...safe revenge. I would not enter on my list of friends (Though grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man, Who needlessly...inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at ev'ning in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside and let the reptile...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...censured. 1. I WOULD not enter' on my list of friends, (Though grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sense. Yet wanting sensibility,) the man Who needlessly...inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evenirg in the publick path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, - >. The creeping vermin, loathsome...
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Studies in natural history

William Rhind - National history - 1830 - 376 pages
...heart observes, " I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense. Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who, needlessly, sets foot upon a worm." Certainly all uncalled-for infliction of torture on animals is highly reprehensible, at the same time...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly...forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charged perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor...
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A selection of moral lessons, natural history, Bible lessons, and poetry

Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...I WOULD not enter on my list of friends DYER. (Though grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sen»e, Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets...evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin loathsome to the sight...
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