 THERE WAS A MAN IN OUR TOWN. There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise ; He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes : And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another bush, And scratched...  The Old Commodore - Page 163by Edward Howard - 1837 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1833 - 154 pages
...town, And he was wond'rous wise, He jump'd into a bramble-bush, And scratch 'd out both his eyes ; And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jump'd into another bush, As I was going to sell my eggs, I met a thief with bandy legs, Bandy legs and crooked... | |
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...our town, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble-bush, And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into a bramble-bush, And scratched them in again !" Repugnant as we are to forego so exalted... | |
 | 1837 - 216 pages
...— my dearest Rosa — " " Hem !" said Peter, " there's vox et pretty ndl, after aH." >' And when ho saw his eyes were out, with all his might and main,...back through the quickset hedge, and scratch'd them iu again." The captain got through the hedge, however, with the loss only of his hat and his heart... | |
 | 1843 - 708 pages
...Thessaly And he was wonderous wise, He jumped into a quickset hedge, And scratched out both his eyes. " And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He jumped into another hedge And scratched them in again." VIH THESSALICUS. " Thessalus acer erat sapiens... | |
 | 1839 - 798 pages
...Thessaly, and he was wondrous wise, He jump'd into a quickset hedge, and scratch'd out both bia eyes , And when he saw his eyes were out, with all his might ana main, He jump'd into another hedge, and scratch'd them in again." No amusement can be more national... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1859 - 570 pages
...Teddington, and ho was wondrous wise, Ho jumped Into a quickset-hedgo, and scratched out both his eyes ; And when he saw his eyes were out. with all his might and main, He jumped into another hedge, and Kratched them in again." We leave Homoeopaths in the midst of this quickset-hedge,... | |
 | Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1897 - 706 pages
...and he was most unwise, He dashed at a Turk " hedge or spears," and scratched out both his eyes. But, when he saw his eyes were out, with all his might and main, He tried another (sporting) "hedge," to scratch them in again I " INFELICE ! " — It was not a. happy... | |
 | 1842 - 554 pages
...Thessaly, And he was wondrous wise ; He jumped into a quickset hedge And scratched out both his eyes : And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another hedge, — And scratched them in again. "GAMMER GURTON. " VIR THESSALICUS. " '.£!... | |
 | 1842 - 576 pages
...Thessaly, And he was wondrous wise ; He jumped into a quickset hedge And scratched out both his eyes : And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another hedge, — And scratched them in again. " GAMMER GURTON. " VIR THESSALICUS. " E^... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 pages
...Newington, And he was wondrous wise, He jump'd into a quickset hedge, And scratched out both his eyes ; But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jump'd into another hedge, And scratch' d 'em in again. XXIX. WHEN I was a bachelor, I lived by myself, And... | |
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