 Ah, luckless speech and bootless boast ! for which he paid full dear ; For while he spake a braying ass did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort as he had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before.  Poems - Strona 280autor: William Cowper - 1818Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - Liczba stron: 798
...Did sing most loud and clear . Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...them sooner than at first, For why ? — they were top big. Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country faraway, She pulled... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - Liczba stron: 424
...done before. Away went Gilpin, and away He heard », lion roar ; And gallop'd off' with all his might, Went Gilpin's hat and •wig ; He lost them sooner than at first ; For why > They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife, when she had see* She pull'd out half a crown : And thus unto the youth she said Her... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - Liczba stron: 792
...Did sing most loud and ciear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Qilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig, He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? — they were... | |
 | J. A. Stewart - 1815 - Liczba stron: 792
...sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gal lop 'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...Gilpin's hat and wig ! He lost them sooner than at first, I -. For why ? — they were too big. ' . ". Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Liczba stron: 490
...most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd oft" with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; Helost them sooner than at first, For why ? they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - Liczba stron: 416
...For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake a braying ass, He heard a lion roar; And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...sooner than at first; For why ? They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife when she had seen Her husband posting down Into the country, far away, She pull'd out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - Liczba stron: 244
...breath, And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's His horse at last stood still. • a Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig...away, She pull'd out half a crown; And thus unto the yonth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - Liczba stron: 448
...and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all liis might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and...hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first, For why?—They were too big. Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - Liczba stron: 244
...gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. 05 Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpiii's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than at first; For why f — they were too big. Now mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country... | |
 | 1819 - Liczba stron: 792
...and of the illimitable range of the imagination when flying on the wings of terrified love. " Now Mrs Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, John Gilpin and Mazeppa. That one line, " into the country far •way," gives to us a vaster idea of... | |
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