 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
 | 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; Gcorgius Sccundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from... | |
 | 1867 - 530 pages
...ran a hundred years 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...their wits, — Have you ever heard of that, I say 1 Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgius Secundus was then alive,— Snuffy old drone from the... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 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...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... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...to a day, And then, of a sudden, it ah, but stay, I'll tell you what happened without delay, Soaring the parson into fits, Frightening people out of their wits,— Have you ever heard of that, I say ? Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible Earthquake-day That the Deacon finished... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pages
...shay, Thttt 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, Oeorgius Secundua was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 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...of that, I say? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgivs Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 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...I say ? Seventeen hundred and fifty-five. Georgius Secnntlus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbontown... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pages
...in such a logical ' way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then, of a sudden, it Ah, but stay, 111 tell you what happened, without delay — Scaring...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... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 194 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,...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... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 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, Georgius Secuudus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the... | |
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