 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meefn'-house on the hilL — First a shiver, and then a thrill,...was sitting upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meefn'-house cloele— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock 1 13. What do you think the parson found,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 248 pages
...what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill,...the parson found, When he got up and stared around ? I The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n' house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill,...upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meet'n'-house clockJust the hour of the earthquake shock I The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the bill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Tla-u half past nine by the meet'n' -house clock, — Just the hour of the Earthquake shock ! — What do... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 pages
...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...by the meet'n'-house clock — Just the hour of the earthquake-shock ! What do yon think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? — The poor... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...what, in the world, was coming 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...was sitting upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meet'n' house clock — Just the hour of the Earthquake shock ! What do you think the parson found... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...what the- — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill,...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
...what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet' it-house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill,...was sitting upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meefrf -house clock-* Just the hour of the Earthquake shock ! 13. What do you think the parsoa found,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n' -house e ; But, snorting still with rage and fear, He flew...career ; At times 1 almost thought, indeed, He mnst half past nine by the meet'n' -house clock, — Just the hour of the Earthquake shock ! — What do... | |
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What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You... 
