 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...John it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I shold dine at Ware. So turning to his horse he said, I am...You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and hootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, "My head is twice as big as...haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, All ! luckless speech, and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spoke, a braying... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856 - 430 pages
...hangs upon your face ; 4nd stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is ray wedding-day; And all the world would stare, If wife...boast! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So, turning to his horse, he said, a I am in haste to dine; Twas for your pleasure you...bootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, " My head is twice as big as...boast ! For which he paid full dear : For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...as yours, They therefore needs must fit But let me scrape the dirt awny That hangs upon your face j And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear j Whereat his horse did snort, as lie Had heard a... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John — " It is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, If Wife should dine...boast !, For which he paid full dear, For while he spake a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...ready wit: " My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the din away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat,...back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless b»:\~i ' For which he paid full dear ; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear... | |
 | Book - 1859 - 334 pages
...your face, And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, " It is my wedding day. And all the world would stare If wife should dine...boast. For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear, — Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry cose." Said John — " It is my wedding-day, And all the...in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came hero Yon shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full... | |
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And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he said "I am in haste to dine: Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. 
