 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...of sex, and the dotage of age, it were certainly very fortunate for theif reputations. JOHN GILPIN. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown ; A...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear — " Though wedded we hnve been " To morrow is our wedding day, " And we will... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pages
...HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; Shming haa he went farther than he attended, and cane aft home again. JOHW GILPIW was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...chiefly confined to ludicrous composition : thus, in the well-known story of John Gilpin, by Cowper : John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A...train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. Yet is the imperative of getan, to get, the g being softened, as observed under the word enough. Else... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 470 pages
...creatures ; But difficulties soon abate, When birds are to be taught to prate, And women are the teachers. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW...train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. 2 K 2 John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN: Showing horn he went farther Men Ae intended, ana ' came tufe home again* JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to lier dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN : Shewing bow he went farther than he intended, and came b home again. JOHN GItPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...creatures ; But difficulties soon abate, When birds are to be taught to prate, And women are the teachers. THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HB. INTENDED, AND CASTE SAFE HOME AGAIN. JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...wrir- too lBo^; fi\T.KflfW .JKARI'K, I.ON COWPE R. THE DIVERTING HISTOBY or JOHN GILPIN; Showing haw he went farther than he intended, and came safe home...captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1868 - 766 pages
...General Court for many years), but also in the wider field of service offered by the Colony. Indeed, he " Was a citizen of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he of famous London [Woburn] town," and his name deserves to be perpetuated in prose and verse. In a Life of Johnson, referred... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...starts is known, And does but at the goal obtain What all had deem'd his own. THE DIVERTING HISTORY or JOHN GILPIN; SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN. JOHV GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town.... | |
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JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day,... 
