And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware!" So, turning to his horse, he said, "I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Comedy - Стр. 60редактор(ы): - 1905Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| William Scott - 1829 - Страниц: 420
..." It is my wedding day j' An.) folks would gape and stare, t If wife should dine at Edmonton, And J should dine at Ware !" So turning to his horse, he said, "I a>n in basic to dinej TwsiS for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for miae." Ah ! luckless... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Страниц: 256
...Said John, " It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he said, " I am In haste to dine; T was for your pleasure yon came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - Страниц: 602
...Said John, it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse he...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spoke, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Hod heard a lion... | |
| Lydia Maria Child - 1833 - Страниц: 262
...community of language or habits ; — besides, we cannot say to them, as Gilpin said to his horse, " 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, you shall go back for mine." In the Virginia Debate of 1832 it was agreed that very few of the free colored people would be willing... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth - 1838 - Страниц: 462
...into the thickest part of the vegetation ; but I was presently reminded of John Gilpin's experience, ' Ah, luckless speech and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear.' for as I vauntingly proceeded, I found that the high grass, reaching to my knees, though it harboured neither... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1838 - Страниц: 456
...into the thickest part of the vegetation ; but I was presently reminded of John Gilpin's experience, ' Ah, luckless speech and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear.' for as I vauntingly proceeded, I found that the high grass, reaching to my knees, though it harboured neither... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - Страниц: 554
...Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he...For which he paid full dear ; For while he spake, a brayiug ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - Страниц: 302
...John, " It is my wedding day, And all the world would stare ; If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he...back for mine." Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless [2] boast, For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and... | |
| East India college - 1840 - Страниц: 204
...again. And pay around thy tomb a poet's obsequies. D. A DEBATING SOCIETY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. " Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which...spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear." JOHN GILPIN. Day set upon the college steep, And Lee's fair river, broad and deep, And Hoddesdon's... | |
| 1840 - Страниц: 378
...Said John, " It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So, turning to his horse, he said, " I am in haste to dine ; 'Twos for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech and bootless... | |
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