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" T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills;... "
The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes: The autocrat of the breakfast-table - Page 253
by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...couldn' break daown : — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan the strain ; 'n' the way t" fix it, uz I maintain,...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...
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The Autocrat of the breakfast table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...daown . — " Fur," said the Deacon, " Ys mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan the strain ; V the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T make...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,— That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lanoewood...
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The New York Coach-maker's Magazine, Volume 1

1859 - 418 pages
...That the weakes' place mus' Stan' the strain ; V the way Г fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest To make that place uz strong uz the rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folks Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was...
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Poets' Wit and Humour

1861 - 300 pages
...eouMn break daown : — " Fur," said the Deaeon, " 't's mighty plain That the weakes' plaee mus' stan' the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest To make that plaee uz strong uz the rest." So the Deaeon inquired of the village folk Where he eould...
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The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Course of Instruction in Elocution ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pages
...couldn' break daown : — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 'tis mighty plain That the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain ; 'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest To make that place uz strong uz the rest." 6. So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could...
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Songs in Many Keys

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...couldrH break daown : — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't 's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' Stan' the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain,...only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for...
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Songs in Many Keys

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 pages
...— " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't 's mighty plain Thut the weakes" place mus' Stan' the strain ; V the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...could n' break daoicn; — "Fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain That the weakes' place urns' stun' the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz, I maintain,...only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." 5 So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't...
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The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 pages
...— " ¥ur," said the Deacon, " 't 's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain ; 'u' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." 1774THE streets are thronged with trampling feet, The northern hill is ridged with graves, But night...
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The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Course of Instruction in Elocution ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 pages
...couldn' break tluown ; —" Fur," said the Deacon, " 'tis mighty plain That the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain; 'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest To make that place uz strSng uz the rest." 5. So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could...
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