| William Scott - 1820 - 422 Seiten
...if He heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd off with all his might, . As he had done before. Away went1 Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first ; For why t They were too big. W"-v Gilpin's wife, when she had seen; Her husband posting down . Into the country,... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 434 Seiten
...Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a linn roar ; And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin a hat and wig ; He lost them sooner than at first ;- For why ? They were too big. Now Gilpin's... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 Seiten
...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 gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 Seiten
...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 gallopped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 Seiten
...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 gallop'd off with all his might. As he had dgne before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 Seiten
...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 gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
| John Struthers - 1822 - 276 Seiten
...luckless word and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear; For, while he spoke, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear: Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd oil; with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin — and away Went Gilpin's... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 Seiten
...Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallopM off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...than at first ; For why ? — They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife, when she had teen Her husband posting down Into the country, far away, She pull'd out... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 470 Seiten
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pull'd out half.a-crown... | |
| William Cowper - 1824 - 446 Seiten
...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 gallop'd off with all his might, Aa he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
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