| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...Lisbon-earthquake-day I EIGHTEEN HUNDEED ; — it came and found The Deacon's Masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten ;— " Hahnsum kerridge...they called it then. Eighteen hundred and twenty came ; — Ruinmg as usual ; much the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, Ana tnen come fifty, and FIFTY-FIVE.... | |
| 1861 - 304 pages
...and twenty eame ;— Running as usual; mueh the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, And then eame fifty, and FIFTY-FIVE. Little of all we value here...hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In faet, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. (This is a moral... | |
| 1861 - 300 pages
...Running as usual ; mueh the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive, And then eame fifty, and FIFTY -FIVE. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its...hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In faet, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. (This is a moral... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 450 pages
...masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred, increased by ten — " Hahnsum kerridge" they call'd it then. Eighteen hundred and twenty came ; Running...the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive ; And then came fifty, and FIFTY-FIVE. 8. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...Lisbon-earthquake-day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten ; — " Hahnsum...year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there 's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. (This is a moral that... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 pages
...found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten ; — " Halmsum kerridge " they called it then. Eighteen hundred and...year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there 's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. (This is a moral that... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...Lisbon-earthquake-day ! 7 Eighteen hundred ; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased by ten ; — " Hahnsum...at last arrive, And then come fifty and fifty-five. 8 Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year, Without both feeling and looking... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...and fort}- at last arrive, And then come fifty and fifty-five. fl Little of all we value here AYakes on the morn of its hundredth year, Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there 's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth. (This is a moral that... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 pages
...Lisbon-earthquake-day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED — it came, and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred, increased by ten — " Hahnsum kerridge"...the same. Thirty and forty at last arrive ; And then came fifty — and FIFTY-FIVE. Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year... | |
| Jeremiah Lewis Diman - 1866 - 726 pages
...distinguished predecessor, whom we all value for his practical wisdom as much as his attic wit, has told us " Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its...hundredth year, Without both feeling and looking queer; " an axiom which some antiquaries in England attempt to carry still further, by asserting that no man... | |
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