 Tis true, now and then, he has got a bad trick Of standing stock still, tho' he never will kick; And then, poor old fellow, you know he can't tell That standing stock still is not using me well; For it never comes into his head, I dare say, To do his...  Rhymes for the Nursery - Page 74by Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor - 1824 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ann Taylor - 1818 - 116 pages
...him from his house and home must be a crying sin, Though he was a little negro boy, and hud a rooty Poor Donkey. POOR Donkey, I'll give him a handful...no better, because you're an ass; But what little Donkies some children must look. Who stand, very like you, stock still at their book, And waste ev'ry... | |
 | Jane Taylor - Black people - 1831 - 118 pages
...grass for him in it. H 'Tis true, now and then, he has got a bad trick Of standing stock still, tho1 he never will kick ; And then, poor old fellow, you...and then afterwards play. » No, no, my good Donkey, 111 give you some grass, For you know no better, because you're an ass ; But what little Donkeys some... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1836 - 114 pages
...'Tis true, now and then, he has got a bad trick Of standing stock still, or just trying to kick; But then, poor old fellow, you know, he can't tell That...his work first, and then afterwards play. No, no, my goodJDonkey, I'll give you some For you know no better, because you're an But what little Donkeys some... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Biography - 1841 - 270 pages
...his education; and Lindley, finding that he got on so well, with little trouble— " It seldom came into his head, I dare say. To do his work first, and then afterwards play." Murray was remarkable, both in his youth and manhood, for the love and veneration with which he regarded... | |
 | Lawrence Lovechild - Counting-out rhymes - 1847 - 118 pages
...just trying to kick ; But then, poor old fellow, you know he can't tell, That standing stock-still is not using me well ; For it never comes into his...and then afterwards play. No, no, my good donkey, I 'll give you some grass ; For you know no better, because you 're an ass : But what little donkeys... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1859 - 242 pages
...'Tis true, now and then, he has got a bad trick Of standing stock still, or just trying to- kick; But then, poor old fellow, you know, he can't tell That...little donkeys some children must look, Who stand, just as you do, stock still at their book ! For to waste every moment of time as it passes, Is being... | |
 | National reading books - 1867 - 136 pages
...and just trying to kick ; But then, poor old fellow, you know he can't tell That standing stock-still is not using me well ; For it never comes into his head, I daresay, To do his work first, and then afterwards play. No, no, my good donkey, I'll give you some... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1877 - 456 pages
...grass for him in it. 'Tis true, now and then, he has got a bad trick Of standing stock still, though he never will kick ; And then, poor old fellow, you...No, no, my good Donkey, I'll give you some grass, Tor' you know no better, because you're an ass : But what little donkeys some children must look, Who... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1878 - 104 pages
...and just trying to kick; But then, poor old fellow, you know he can't tell That standing stock-still is not using me well ; For it never comes into his head, I dare say, To do his work first, and after that play. QUESTIONS. — 1. What is the boy going to give the donkey ? 2. What kind of donkey... | |
 | A S. L - 1882 - 152 pages
...'Tis true now and then he has got a bad trick Of standing stock still, or just trying to kick ; But then, poor old fellow, you know he can't tell That standing stock still is not using me well." JANE TAYLOR. HAVE been out to see your donkey, Fanny," said Johnnie to her the next morning at breakfast.... | |
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