 | 1795 - 94 pages
...John, It is my wedding-day, Arid all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse he said, I am in haste to dine; 'T was for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.. . ^7' ,-J- ' Ah luckless speech,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...John — It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware ! So, turning to his horse, he...spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; , i Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...John — It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware! So, turning to his horse, he...in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came hcner You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John it is...at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haute to diue; 'Twai for your pleasure you came here. You shall go back for mine. Ah Ircklcss npffch,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to hi* horse, he said, I am in haste to dine; 'Twa* for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back...luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid hill dear; For, while be spake, a braying ass Did sing most ioud aud clear; Whereat his horse did snort,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dinej 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 360 pages
...Said John, it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said,...You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootlesa boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pages
...Said Jobn, it is my weddiqg-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware, So turning to his horse, he said,...in haste to dine ; Twas for your pleasure you came huru, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckiest speech, and bootless boast '. For which he paid full... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. r So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; J 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said,...luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid foll dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort,... | |
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And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware!" So, turning to his horse, he said, "I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. 
