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" I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin." Who saw him die? "I," said the Fly, "With my little eye, I saw him die. "
Walks and Wanderings in the World of Literature - Page 6
by James Grant - 1839
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An essay on the archaiology of popular English phrases and nursery rhymes

John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - 334 pages
...lndouwen, to inculcate, to impress, to intrude upon, to bring in. Vaar, sounds/or. 45.— Who kill'd Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow, And I kill'd Cock Robin. Woe keye hilde, Ka oock'r hobb 'in Ei! sie Heyd de spaer-roe; Wijse mee boe aen...
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Marriage

Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 pages
...the deed — Justice calls for the destroyer ! How matchless the daring reply of the murderer : — ' I, said the sparrow, With my bow and arrow, And I killed Cock Robin ! ' How tame, how spiritless, appears Macbeth's ' I have done the deed ! ' in comparison with this...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 31

Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...fingers kept out of mischief, the end in view is obtained. Mischief sown in the mind goes for nothing. Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow — And I killed Cock Robin ! The outspoken, barefaced, valiant impudence of the answer, which is far more like a boast than a confession,...
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The Progress and Prospects of Christianity in the United States of America ...

Robert Baird - Christianity - 1851 - 84 pages
...yet it is said to be doubtful whether he can read, or ever has read, a chapter of the Hebrew Text! Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow. With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin 1 Really this is something like attacking the Fortress of Gibraltar with a pop-gun...
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Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Volume 2

Household words - 1852 - 252 pages
...fingers kept out of mischief, the end in view is obtained. Mischief sown in the mind goes for nothing. " Who killed Cock Robin !" I. said the Sparrow, With...my bow and arrow — And I killed Cock Robin !" The outspoken, barefaced, valiant impndence of the answer, which is far more like a boast than a confession,...
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Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Volume 1

Charles Dickens - Household words - 1853 - 504 pages
...the end in view is obtained. Mischief sown in the mind goes for nothing. " Who killed Cock Robin I" I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow — And I killed Cock Robin !" The outspoken, barefaced, valiant impudence of the answer, which is far more like a boast than a confession,...
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Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds: Described and Illustrated, with an ...

Henry Gardiner Adams - Birds - 1854 - 110 pages
...close observation of the habits and manners of the Fringilla or Passer domestiea given at great length. "Who killed Cock Robin ? 'I,' said the Sparrow, 'With my bow and arrow, And I killed Cock Robin.' " This is a stigma upon the character of our feathered friend which ought to be removed. Putting out...
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Nests and Eggs of Familiar British Birds, Described and Illustrated: With an ...

Henry Gardiner Adams - Birds - 1855 - 110 pages
...habits and manners of the Fringilla or Passer domettica given at great length. "Who killed Cock Kobin? 'I,' said the Sparrow, 'With my bow and arrow, And I killed Cock Kobin.' " This is a stigma upon the character of our feathered friend which ought to be removed. Putting...
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A Three-fold Test of Modern Spiritualism

William Robert Gordon - Spiritualism - 1856 - 436 pages
...with this most pathetic stanza, and surrounded by a border of amaranthine flowers and spiritual fruit: "Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the sparrow, With my bow and arrow ; /killed Cock Robin." We have given but a sample of the evils already realized in the march of Spiritualism....
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Aunt Friendly's Gift

Sarah Schoonmaker Baker - Picture books for children - 1899 - 282 pages
...ШЛЕМ FuUtvbAÏÏÙN8 Ж t COCK ROBIN. THE SFAUUOW, COCK ROBIJÍ, AND THE FISH. COOK ROBIN. Wim killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow ; With my bow and arrow I killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die? I, said the Fly; With my little eye I saw him die. Who caught...
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