 Stop thief, stop thief — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.  Poems, with a memoir of the author - Стр. 207авторы: William Cowper - 1847Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Cowper - 1849 - Страниц: 740
...away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - Страниц: 508
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again open in short space ; The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - Страниц: 44
...and Cry " — properly, the term used in law to express the pursuit of a thief or other delinquent. " Stop thief! " " Stop thief ! " " A highwayman ! "...pass'd that way, Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1849 - Страниц: 422
...length of my little finger." CHAPTER IV. THE HTJE AND CRY. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus sesing Gilpin fly, With postboy scampering in the rear, They...hue and cry : Stop thief ! stop thief! a highwayman ! l«ot one of them was mute; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. Jonn Gilpin.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - Страниц: 446
...; he tried to stop John's horse, 50 By seizing fast the flowing rein : but only made things worse : Six gentlemen upon the road, thus seeing Gilpin fly,...With post-boy scampering in the rear, they raised the hue-and-cry. " Stop thief! — stop thief! — a highwayman ! " not one of them was mute, 5 So they,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - Страниц: 516
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Страниц: 624
...right glad to find Hw friend in merry pin, Returned him not a single word, tiut to the house went in ; eavenly υ ( ч U V"D 1851 Lippincott, Grambo & co"# Cowper William" William Cowper( passed that way l)id join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - Страниц: 764
...Went poet-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miga The lumbering of the wheels. SU gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With...and cry : — Stop thief ! stop thief ! a highwayman I Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - Страниц: 200
...away Went postboy at his heels ; The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and cry. — COWPER. Stop thief! stop thief! a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute : And all and each that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Страниц: 624
...Away went Gilpin, and away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss 126 129 Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...postboy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and ery, — Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And ali and each that... | |
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