 | England - 1835 - 1032 pages
...of every faculty and organ ; sight ami hearing are summoned to be on tbe alert upon the occasion. " Hark, hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town ; Some in rags, some in jags, Some in velvet gowns." There ia a MS. copy in the British Museum, which substitutes silken... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Boyle (hon. mrs. R.C.) - 1859 - 104 pages
...high ; This poor little creature She has but one eye. f THE WATCH DOGS BARK. ARK! Hark! The watch dogs bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, and some in jags, And some in velvet gown. MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY. ARY, Mary, quite contrary, How does your... | |
 | Scotland - 1835 - 1058 pages
...meeting of the first Reform Parlia- alert upon the occasion, ment, is exhibited in the excitement " Hark, hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town ; Some in rags, some in jags, Some in velvet gowns." Museum, which substitutes sillien bark at them or they bark like... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 396 pages
...Tag is still in use as a vulgarism I believe, and many may be acquainted with the modern ballad— " Hark, hark, The dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, And some in jags, And some in velvet gown." I remember that this was a favourite composition with me when I was... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - English poetry - 1866 - 406 pages
...is still in use as a vulgarism I believe, and many may be acquainted with the modern ballad“Hark, hark, The dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, And some in jays, And some in velvet gown.” I remember that this was a favourite composition with me when I was... | |
 | Charles Henry Bennett - Children's poetry - 1866 - 86 pages
...diccory doc The mouse ran up the The clock struck one, And down the mouse i Hiccory, diccory, dock. [ARK, hark, The dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town; Some in rags, and some in jags, And some in velvet gowns. II TTUMPTY Dumpty, sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; Not... | |
 | English periodicals - 1872 - 762 pages
...minutes before. him of an old nursery ditty which Susan Harley had sung to him when he was a child :— Hark ! hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, some in tags, Some in silken gown. When Will came up, Jacob was thinking of the old song, and of some... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1872 - 1060 pages
...that reminded him of an old nursery ditty which Susan Harley had sung to him when he was a child :— Hark! hark! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, some in tags, Some in silken gown. When Will came up, Jacob was thinking of the old song, and of some... | |
 | Joseph Hatton - 1873 - 322 pages
...reminded him of an old nursery ditty which Susan Harley had sung to him when he was a child :— " Hark ! hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags, some in tags, Some in silken gown." An Unexpected Meeting. 239 When Will came up, Jacob was thinking... | |
 | England - 1875 - 786 pages
...fnll, And down come bnby, cradle and all." Or that striking and mysterious one of the Beggars— " Hark ! hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags and some in tugs, And some in velvet gowns." * " Boopeep " is the Limitour—the begging friar. BeUon. Or this,... | |
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sb. Lychnis Flos-cuculi.—JB Bags and jags [ragz un jagz], sb. pi. shreds of cloth, &c. So in the nursery verses :— ' Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town ; Some in rags, and some in 
