 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1862 - 368 pages
...joke it was too ! There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...him "The Justice," but now he's "The Squire." And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith ; But... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American poetry - 1864 - 444 pages
...joke it was too ! There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...syllabled fire, We called him "The Justice," but now he 'a "The Squire." And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to conceal him by... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...it was too! 7. There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...called him "The Justice," but now he's the "Squire." 8. And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith ; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith;... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...it was too ! 7. There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...called him "The Justice," but now he's the "Squire." 8. And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith ; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith ;... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...joke it was too I There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain; When he spoke for our manhood in...called him " The Justice," but now he's " The Squire." You hear that boy laughing ? — You think he's all fun ; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...it was too ! 7. There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...called him " The Justice," but now he's the " Squire." 8. And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith : Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith ;... | |
 | American poetry - 1869 - 310 pages
...it was true ! There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...syllabled fire, We called him " The Justice," but now he 's « The Squire." And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to conceal him... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...it was too ! 7. There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...called him " The Justice," but now he's the " Squire." 8. And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith ; Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith ;... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 248 pages
...joke it was too ! There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...Justice," but now he's " The Squire." And there's a nice yoi:ngster of excellent pith, — Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith ; But he shouted a... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 382 pages
...joke it was too ! There's a hoy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in...called him "The Justice," but now he's "The Squire." * Duyckinck's Cyclopcedia of Amei'ican Literature. And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith,... | |
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That boy with the grave mathematical look Made believe he had written a wonderful book, And the Royal Society thought it was true ! So they chose him right in, — a good joke it was too. 
