| English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running... | |
| 1850 - 602 pages
...this more effectually, he bestrode the reposing mass. While thus employed the tortoise, who probably " Never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more ;" and walked off with the Professor, to the great amusement of the Prince, while the philosopher,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...upright, He grasped the mane with both hie hands, And eke with all his might. H is horse, which »ever n the secret dee Away went Oilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set out Of running... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And, eke, with all his might. His horse, who...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pages
...sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set out, Of running... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 pages
...rein. So, stooping down, as need he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig : He little dreamed, when he set out, Of running... | |
| William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, Hegrasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...needs he must, who cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, and eke with all bis might. His horse, who never in that sort had handled...thing upon his back had got did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught; away went hat and wig; He little dreamed, when he set out, of running... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running... | |
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