 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 Seiten
...of a dollar— With tails that country-folk call « swaller " He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen, For forty years on the village green, Since old John Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quillings " long ago. Close... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1871 - 186 Seiten
...dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called " swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old John Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quil tings " long ago. Close... | |
 | 1872 - 514 Seiten
...of a dollar — With tails that country-folk called "swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had...years on the village-green, Since John Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quilting " long ago. Close at his elbows, all that day. Veterans of... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1872 - 410 Seiten
...dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called "swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old John Burns was a country beau, And went to the "quiltings" long ago. Close... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1880 - 288 Seiten
...dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called " swallcr." % He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old John Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quiltings " long ago. Close... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1873 - 164 Seiten
...rolling collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old john Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quiltings " long ago. Close... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 Seiten
...dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called " swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old John Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quiltings " long ago. Sunburnt... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1875 - 162 Seiten
...rolling collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green,. Since old john Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quillings " long ago. Close... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1875 - 164 Seiten
...rolling collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old john Burns was a country beau, And went to the " quillings " long ago. Close... | |
 | 1876 - 732 Seiten
...a dollar — With tails that country-folk called '-swaller." He wore a broad-brimmed, bell-crowned hat, White as the locks on which it sat. Never had...years on the village-green, Since John Burns was a country beau, And went to the ''Quilting" long ago. Clerks that thc Home Guard mustered in — Glanced... | |
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He wore an ancient long buff vest, Yellow as saffron, — but his best ; And, buttoned over his manly breast, Was a bright blue coat, with a rolling collar, And large gilt buttons, — size of a dollar, — With tails that the country-folk called "swaller. 
