 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 crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for...  The Autocrat of the breakfast table - Page 290by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 pages
...from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's...couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips ; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pages
...from logs from the "Settler's ellum" — Last of its 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 , Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the "Settler's ellum" — Last of its 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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...from the straightest trees The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the " settler's...of its 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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the " settler's ellum," — 45 Last of its timber, they couldn't sell 'em; Never...like celery-tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, 3o Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 pages
...iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the " settler's ellum," — 45 Last of its Umber, they couldn't sell 'em; Never an axe had seen their...celery-tips ; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, 50 Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 410 pages
...from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between theii stay,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...panels of white- wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts tike iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's ellum," Last of its 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 596 pages
...like these ; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum," -7 Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips. And the wedges flew from betwei'n theit lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celerytips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw,... | |
 | Athol Maudslay - 1888 - 620 pages
...from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " settler's...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... | |
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