 | 1795 - 94 pages
...face ; And stop and eat for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, Arid all the world would stare, If wife should dine at...turning to his horse he said, I am in haste to dine; 'T was for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.. . ^7' ,-J- ' Ah luckless speech,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the...boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; , i Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard... | |
 | William Cowper - 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pages
...kind. He held them up, and in his turn X Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the...boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...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...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as yours,...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 - 1808 - 360 pages
...up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice aa big as yours, They therefore netds must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs...You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootlesa boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware 1 So, turning to his horse, he said— I am in haste...boast .' For which he paid full dear ; > For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pages
...your face ; And stop 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...in haste to dine ; Twas for your pleasure you came huru, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckiest speech, and bootless boast '. For which he paid full... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in it's kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They...boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion... | |
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And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he said "I am in haste to dine: Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. 
