| 1843 - 590 pages
...for the sake of a comment ; and thus it is they run : Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie, He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, Saying, what a good boy am I. In these verses many things may be remarked ; but the main point, the... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...is admirably illustrated in the little narrative of Jink I hi in r. Little Jack Homer Sat in a comer Q %be] O ; 3 3?8 b V/ %i Ԃ: uQ "~MT r bhv v\T r Ƴ said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will he at once evident that the complacency of... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1837 - 398 pages
...or, as he is familiarly denominated by his historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who— " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said — ' what a brave boy am I !'" Touched by the intelligence and amiable self-glorification eternized... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1840 - 222 pages
...heen here, — "Whether his mother would let him or no, Heigho, says Rowley." " Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb and pull'd out a plumb, And cried, what a good boy am 1 !" ' Good boy am I !' good-for-nothing brat, just... | |
| Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...For if thou thus hast loved, oh never hope a cure ! BARBAULD. LITTLE JACK HOENER. LITTLE Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie : He put in...And cried, ' What a good boy am I !' GAMMER GURTON. Sique tuum pectus contingat spesve metusve, Quse tibi non dederit blandus et asper amor, Hine procul,... | |
| William Hone - 1841 - 840 pages
...men] corada recti is admirably illustrated in the little narrative of Jack Horner. Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie. He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum — And said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will be at once evident that the complacency of... | |
| 1842 - 554 pages
...thus figures in Latin by the aid of Francis Hodgson, STB " LITTLE JACK HORNER. "LITTLE Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in...a good boy am I ! ' "GAMMER GURTON. " QUOD FECERIT IOANNES HORNER. " ANGULUS in camera quam conspicis ille tenebat Jampridem Hornerum puerili aetate sedentem... | |
| Cam river - 1851 - 380 pages
...most; For if thou thus hast loved, oh never hope a cure ! Barbauld. ILtttle Corner. LITTLE Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie : He put in...pulled out a plum, And cried, ' What a good boy am I Ã Sique tuum pectus contingat spesve metusve, Quas tibi non dederit blandus et asper amor, Hiñe procul,... | |
| 1852 - 1170 pages
...— Is it true that the following rhymes apply to one of the Homers of Mells ? " Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie, He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said what a good boy am I." The plum being 100,OOOZ. I have been told a long story on the matter by... | |
| Richard Coe - 1852 - 178 pages
...dark as to the important fact of "Who killed cock-robin?" r ''. CONTENTMENT. " Little Jack Horner, Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pull'd out a plum, . And said, ' What a good boy am I !' " No one, we presume, will attempt to deny... | |
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