 He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought; Away went hat and wig; He little...  British Minstrel - Page 95by John Struthers - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and...Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
....before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set...blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, TiD, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - New York (State) - 1842 - 422 pages
...consequently sustained no material damage. 332 CHAPTER XXIX. Away vent Gilpin, neck or nought, Awajr went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out. Of running such a rig. Cowper. THE road which it was necessary for the pedler and the English Captain to travel, in order... | |
 | Daniel Owen Madden - Ireland - 1843 - 376 pages
...shew the state of affairs during the rule of Lord Anglesey. CHAPTER XIV THE RIG OF FERGUS O'CONNOR. " He little dreamt when he set out. Of running such a rig." JOHN GILFIS'S Hide. FROM the Revolution to the passing of the Reform Bill, the County Cork had been... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and...fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung, A bottle... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon hie back had got Did wonder more and more. luggishly melted away. Thus is a people gradually...slow changes in the system of empire. The public failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Oilpin, bat I was brought to my idleness by degrees ; irrt...seized with a jaií fever at iht- time of the assizes b failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; Л... | |
 | Opie Staite - Mesmerism - 1844 - 114 pages
..."as rated spaniel takes his burden up;" and that he possessed but little " knowledge of the world;" " He little dreamt when he set out, Of running such a rig! " " I shall stop here, and look at all the flowers, they appear to be all now. Here is a handsome one,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, Away went hat and...fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; —... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and...Like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A... | |
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