He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep within ; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began to hear. The fourth... The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Page 21by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1830 - 308 pages
...read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next, the grin grew broad And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third, a chuckling noise , I now began...And since I never dare to write As funny as I can. NOTES AND NOTICES. No. VI. NEVER was there a more melancholy meeting of our editorial Club than that... | |
| 1836 - 418 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. " He read the next; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third; a chuckling noise I now began to...The fourth ; he broke into a roar; The fifth ; his waisthand split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. " Ten days and nights,... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began...And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. LESSON XXVI. THE DEATH OF FLOWERS. The following beautiful contrast between' the death of Flowers and... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began...And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE HOT SEASON. THE folks, that on the first of May Wore winter-coats and hose, Began to say, the first... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began...waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons oft", And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, I watched that wretched man, And... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began...And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE HOT SEASON. THE folks, that on the first of May Wore winter-coats and hose, Began to say, the first... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began...in a fit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, 1 watched that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE HOT SEASON. THE... | |
| 1853 - 458 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began...And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. XXVII.— HORATIUS. TB HACAULAY. IT stands in the Comitium Plain for all folks to see ; Horatius in... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...read the next; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear; He read (he third; a chuckling noiso I now began to hear. The fourth; he broke into a roar; The fifth; his waistband split; The sixth; he bufst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Tcn days and nights, with sleepless eye, I watched that... | |
| 1855 - 784 pages
...from ear to ear ; He read the third, — a chuckling noicc I now began to hear. Tlie fourth, — lie broke into a roar; The fifth, — his waistband split...watched that wretched man ; And since, I never dare to writo As funny as I can. In writing the third verse, Mr. Holmes evidently had in his memory the well-known... | |
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