 As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound...  Poems - Page 388by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...he drew near 'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men Their gates wide o|«n threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full low. The bottles twain behind his back Were shaltcr'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full...still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle bracM ; For all might see the bottle necks Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...he drew near, Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full...still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle-necks, Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...he drew near, Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full...still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle-necks, Still dangling at his waist. Thus all through merry Islington... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...be drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing down His reeking head full...bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow. i Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing dawn His reeking head full low, , The bottles twain behind...piteous to be seen. Which made his horse's flanks to smrke, As they had basted been. But s-ill he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle brac'd ;... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...he drew near, 'Twas wonderful- to view. How in a trice the turnpike men Their gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full...a blow. «| Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous-to be seen. Which made his horse's flanks to smekp» „ As they had basted been. But still... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men . Their j^tes wide open threw. . And nolWs he went 'bowing down • His reeking head full low,...blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous tp be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke, , As they'had basted been. But still he seem'd... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...view, How, in a trice, the turnpike-men Their gates wide open threw. And now, as he went bowing dowii His reeking head full low, The bottles twain, behind...ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, And made his horse's flanks to amoke, As he had basted been. But still he seem'd to carry weight, With... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...he drew near, 'Twas wonderful to view, How in a trice the turnpike men Thtir gates wide open threw. And now as he went bowing down His reeking head full...behind his back, "••'.. Were shatter'd at a blow. Dawn ran the wine into the road, i Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke... | |
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