 At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see,...  Everyday Classics: Sixth Reader - Page 327by Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Greek letter societies - 1890 - 320 pages
...this argument — the only serious one to be refuted — like the deacon's one-boss shay, falls '- To pieces all at once — All at once, and nothing first. Just as bubbles do when they burst." Were the writer a "barbarian," as he is a "Greek," he would answer the question, " Shall we have fraternities?"... | |
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...early settlement of the town was made something like the dissolution of the famous " One-Horse Shay," " All at once and nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst." A generally accepted tradition is authority for the statement that the first settlement made and the... | |
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...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground 1 You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once — All at once,...wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is Logic. That's all I say. D 0. W. Holmet. 42 A MOTHER'S HAND. A MOTHER'S HAND. WHY gaze ye on my hoary haire, Ye children young... | |
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...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once,...End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That 's all I say. PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY. OR, THE PRESIDENT'S OLD ARM-CHAIR. A MATHEMATICAL STORY.... | |
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...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground. You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once,...End of the wonderful one-hoss shay, Logic is logic. That 's all I say. SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS. I THINK it is unpopular in this country to talk much about... | |
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...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once,...wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. • I think there is one habit, — I said to our company a day or two afterwards, — worse than that... | |
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...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once,...wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE CANAL-BOAT. OF all the ways of traveling which obtain among our locomotive... | |
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..., . . . . . , As if it had been to the mill and ground I You see, of course, if you're not a dunce. How it went to pieces all at once — All at once,...wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all l say. I think there is one habit, I said to our company a day or two afterwards, worse than that of... | |
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