 | 1795 - 94 pages
...kind. He held them up, and in his turn, Thus shew'd his ready wit, My:head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit, But let me scrape the...in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, Arid all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. Q 2 But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your...in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came hcner You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the...So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dinej 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...in his tom Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as year's, They therefore needs mast fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon...Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to hi* horse, he said, I am in haste to dine; 'Twa* for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the...world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And 1 should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haute to diue; 'Twai for your pleasure... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, Thst hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, it is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the...should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware 1 So, turning to his horse, he said— I am in haste to dine ; Twas for your pleasure you came here,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice as hig as yours, They therefore seeds must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs...and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said Jobn, it is my weddiqg-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...turn Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry...should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. r So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; J 'Twas for your pleasure you came here,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...ready wit — " My head is twice as biff as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me sqrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face •. And stop...may Be in a hungry case !" Said John — " It is my wedding day ; And folks would gape and stare, v If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine... | |
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My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon 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... 
