| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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