 Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss shay.  The Autocrat of the breakfast table - Page 289by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 320 pages
...in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it ah, but stay, I 'll tell you what happened without delay, Scaring the...their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, I say 1 Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Geargius Secundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...shay ? That was built in such a logical way ? It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — Ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened,...Frightening people out of their wits — Have you heard of that, I say ? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five, Georgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, Til tell you what happened, without delayScaring the parson into fits, Frightening people out of their...of that, I say ? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five, Oeorgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the German hive I That was the year when... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...sudden, it — ah, but stay, I '11 tell you what happened without delay, Searing the parson into tits, RTH. NEW ENGLAND IN WINTER. FROM "SNOW-BOUND." THE...brief December day Ro<e cheerless over hills of gra (leoryius Secundas was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 pages
...such a logical way It run a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, I '11 tell you what happened without delay: Scaring the...and fifty-five: Georgius Secundus was then alive, — Snufiy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day ? And then, of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened,...their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, I say ? 2. Seventeen hundred and fifty -five j Georgius Sccundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...s/iay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — Ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened,...their wits — Have you ever heard of that, I say ? 2. Seventeen Hundred and Fifty-five, Georgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, 1 '11 l for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...Blest madman, who could every hour employ, AVitli s Î Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Gciiryius Sccun^iis was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 pages
...ran a hundred jears to a day, And then, of a sudden, it— ah ! but stay, I'll tell you what happen'd without delay, Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening...heard of that, I say? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five : Gcorriiits Secundu-a was then alive — SnulFy old drono from the German hive ! That was the year... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...one-hoss shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then of a sudden it — ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened,...Frightening people out of their wits — Have you heard of that, I say ? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five, Georgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy... | |
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