 Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way...  Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes: With Numerous Illustrations - Page 166by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...— they couldn't sell "em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips;...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroifghbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...— they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips ;...screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of th^finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough... | |
 | 1859 - 418 pages
...they couldn't sell 'em, — Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips ;...That was the way he " put her through," — "There!" gaid the Deacon, "naow she'll dew!" Do! I toll you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less?... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pages
...they couldn't sell 'em — Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips ;...; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, tap, dasher, from tough old hitlc, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put... | |
 | 1861 - 300 pages
...tire, axle, and linehpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbraee bison-skin, thiek and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide...way he " put her through." — " There !" said the Deaeon, " naow she'll dew!" Do ! I tell you, 1 rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 pages
...they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips ;...through." — " There ! " said the Deacon, " naow she '11 dew ! " Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire,...naow she 'll dew ! " Do ! I tell you, I rather guess Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, — Deacon and deaconess dropped away ; Children and grandchildren... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...their chips. And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire,...through." " There ! " said the Deacon, " naow she 'II dew I " 6 Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 pages
...timber—they couldn't sell 'em— Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips. Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips;...top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." " There'.'' said the Deacon, " naow... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 pages
...they could n't sell 'em — Never an ax had seen their chips, . And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips ;...top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." "There!" said the Deacon, "naow she'll... | |
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