 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
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 204 pages
...a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, 5 I 'll tell you what happened without delay, Scaring the...their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, I say ? And Braddock's army was done so brown, 15 Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 330 pages
...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 ? Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 328 pages
...such a logical way It ran 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...their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, I say? Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 424 pages
...hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it ah, but stay, I 'll tell you what happened with out delay, Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening people...out of their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, l say ? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Geon/ius Secundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 712 pages
...JL -L 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 without...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... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1926 - 1160 pages
...to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, I '11 tell you what happened without delay, 5 Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening people out...and fifty-five. Georgius Secundus was then alive, — I0 Snuffy old drone from the German hive! That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1926 - 154 pages
...us the date in his poem Agnes and fixes it with even greater precision in another of his narratives: Seventeen hundred and fiftyfive, Georgius Secundus...drone from the German hive — That was the year when Lisbon town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1927 - 520 pages
...-L -1. 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 without...their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, I say? 2 Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgius Secundus T was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the... | |
 | 1927 - 490 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 without...Frightening people out of their wits, — Have you heard of that, I say? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgius Secundus was then alive, — Snuffy... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...to a day, And then, of a sudden, it — ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened without delay, 5 Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening people out...of that, I say? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgim Secundus was then alive, — ю Snuffy old drone from the German hive ! That was the year when... | |
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