 JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. I To-morrow is our...  Poems - Page 381by William Cowper - 1800 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. Tomorrow is our wedding day, And we shall then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in a chaise...horseback after we. He soon replied—" I do admire Of woman kind but one ; And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. I am a linen draper... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet wa No holy-day have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair...Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback alter we. He soon replied, I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...twiue ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. ^ To-morrow is onr wedding day, And we shall then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, * All in a...must ride. , On horseback after we." He soon replied — " 1 do admire Of woman kind but one ; And yon are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. Tomorrow is our wedding day, And we shall then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in a chaise and pair. Mv sister and my sister's chiltl, Myself and children three. Will fill the chaise, so you must ride... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...These twice ten tedious years, yet We No holiday have seen. Tomorrow is our wedding day, And we shall then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in a chaise and pair. Mv sister and my sister's child, Mvst-lf and children three, Will fill the chaise, so you must ride... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton...; so you must ride On horseback after we. He soon rep'ied, I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — " Though wedded we hnve been " To morrow is our wedding day, " And we will then repair " Unto the Bell at Edmonton,...so you must ride " On horseback after we." He soon reply'd — " I do admire " Of woman-kind but one; " And you are she, my dearest dear, " Therefore... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we shall then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in a chaise...children three, Will fill the chaise, so you must rid« On horseback after we." He soon reply'd — " I do admire Of woman kind but one ; And you are... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...examples may be adduced. Few will illustrate it better than some verses of Cowper's " John Gilpin:" " My sister and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill a chaise ; and you shall ride On horseback after we." Pere, the solecism contains the point. The genius... | |
 | 1830 - 626 pages
...Grange to be sure ; there, at nine o clock I will come for you ' in a chaise and pair,' four, I mean, ' My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children...the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we ;' I'll send my man for your luggage at eight o'clock, which ' Sweet Kitty Clover' can help to carry,... | |
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