 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...turn ' Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice'as big as your's They therefore needs must. fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your...and eat, for well you may . .. Be in a hungry case. TJH j Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare , If wife should dine at Edmonton,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...And all the world wonld stare, If wife shonld dine at Edmonton, And I shonld dine at Ware. So tnrning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for yonr pleasnre yon came here, Yon shall go back for mine. Ah lnckless speech, and bootless boast ! For... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 274 pages
...free-, And stop ami eat. for well you mav fc De in a hungry саге. Said John, U is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, Aod I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am ¡o haste toiiine: *Tw;is for your... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1815 - 356 pages
...his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your...; Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall 90 back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...his turn Thus show'd his ready wit : My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your...well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding day ; And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And 1 should dine at... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...his turn Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as hig as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your...and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said Johu— It is my wedding-day. And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...his turn Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as hig as yours, They therefore needs ncusl fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well yon may Be in a hungry case. Said John — It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare If wife... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...turn, Thus show'd his ready wit— " My head ia twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face } And stop and eat — for well yon may * Be in a hungry case." Said John — " It is my wedding day ; And folks would gape and stare,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...fit. s 3 But let me scrape the dirt away, That bangs about your face; And stop and eat, for well yon may Be in a hungry case. Said John — It is my wedding-day,...turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twos for your pleasure you came here, Yon shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 314 pages
...show'd his ready wit, JMy head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. TOi,, i. 25* But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may He in a hungry case. Said John it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should... | |
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My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, — " It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare,... 
