 | Ann Taylor - Children's poetry - 1832 - 118 pages
...for peas:" He then look'd at the cheese, But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Raynard, not tired, Her plumage admired, " How charming ! how brilliant...divine, Ah, let me just hear it, pray do. " Believe me, 1 long To hear a sweet song." The silly crow foolishly tries : She scarce gave one squall, When the... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...peas." — He then looked at the cheese ; But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Reynard not tired, her plumage admired, " How charming ! — How brilliant...fine of a bird so divine ; Ah ! let me just hear it, now do. Believe me, I long just to hear your sweet song." The silly crow foolishly tries : She scarce... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...— 6. Sly reynard', not tired', Her plumage admired*; — " How charming ! how brilliant its hu£ ! The voice must be fine Of a bird so divine ; — Ah* ! let* me just hear* it' — pray* do. 7. " Believe me', I long' To hear a sweet song*." The silly crow foolishly tries* ; She scarce gave... | |
 | Robert Connel - 1853 - 210 pages
...peas :" He then looked at the cheese, But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Ren'ard, not tired, Her plu'mage admired, " How charming ! how brilliant...hear a sweet song." The silly crow, foolishly tries — And she scarce gave one squall, When the cheese she let fall, And the fox ran away with the prize.... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - 194 pages
...pease ;" He then looked at the cheese, But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Reynard, not tired, Her plumage admired : " How charming ! how brilliant...hear a sweet song." The silly crow foolishly tries ; But she scarce gave one squall, When the cheese she let fall, And the fox ran away with the prize.... | |
 | Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor - Children's poetry - 1854 - 172 pages
...for peas:" He then looked at the cheese, But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Reynard, not tired, Her plumage admired, " How charming! how brilliant...bird so divine, Ah, let me just hear it, pray do. The silly crow foolishly tries: She scarce gave one squall, When the cheese she let fall, And the fox... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...peas." — He then looked at the cheese ; But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Keynard, not tired, her plumage admired, — "How charming ! — how brilliant...fine of a bird so divine ; Ah ! let me just hear it, now do. ^ Believe me, I long just to hear your sweet song." — The silly crow foolishly tries ; She... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - Readers - 1863 - 122 pages
...open her mouth. 6. Her plumage admired, ' How charming! how brilliant its hue! Sly Reynard, not tired, The voice must be fine, Of a bird so divine, Ah ! let me just hear it, pray do. 7. ' Believe me, I long, To hear a sweet song :'' The silly crow foolishly tries ; When the cheese... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 pages
...peas ;" he then look'd at the cheese • But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Kenard, not tired, her plumage admired, " How charming ! how brilliant...hear a sweet song." The silly crow foolishly tries — [fall, And she scarce gave one squall, when the cheese she let And the fox ran away with the prize... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - English language - 1868 - 298 pages
...peas ;" he then look'd at the cheese ; But the crow did not open her mouth. Sly Renard, not tired, her plumage admired, " How charming ! how brilliant...hear a sweet song." The silly crow foolishly tries — [fall, And she scarce gave one squall, when the cheese she let And the fox ran away with the prize.... | |
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(Not a word did she say) : " The wind, I believe, ma'am, is south; A fine harvest for peas : " He then looked at the cheese, But the crow did not open her mouth. 
