 The parson was working his Sunday's text,— Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the— Moses— was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill.  The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Page 298by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 pages
...Sunday text — Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was coming nex All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house...upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meet'n'-house clockJust the hour of the Earthquake shock ! What do you think the parson found, When he got up and... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...the parson. — On" went they I 12. The parson was working his Sunday text, — Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was...next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meefn'-house on the hilL — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...said the parson. — 01Г went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, — Had got tuß/HJy, 0 ŀ 0 b Ʒ 0 "P 1872 J.B. Ford bill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Tla-u something decidedly like a spill, — And the parson... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...up I " said the parson. — Ofl went they. The parson was working his Sunday textHad got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was...next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n' house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill... | |
 | 1872 - 778 pages
...and axle, and hub encore. And yet as a whole it is past a doubt In another hour it will be worn out! First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill,— You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— End of the wonderful... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1873 - 410 pages
..." said the parson. — Off went they The parson was working his Sunday's text,^ Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was...meet'n-house clock»— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock I — What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around ? The poor old chaise in... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...said the parson. — Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, — Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the- — Moses — was...was sitting upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meet'u'-house clock,Just the hour of the earthquake shock ! — What do you think the parson found,... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...the parson. — Off went they ! 12. The parson was working his Sunday text, — Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was...next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet' it-house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...the parson. — Olf went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, — • Had got to fifthly, we fled, away, away, And I could neither sigh nor...my cold sweat-drops fell like rain Upon the courser meet'n' -house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 pages
...Oft' went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, Had got tojiftldy, and stopp'd perplex'd At what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the moet'n'-house on the hill. First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill... | |
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