 Twere no great loss," the friend replies; "For if they always serve you thus, You'll find them but of little use." So high at last the contest rose, From words they almost came to blows: When luckily came by a third; To him the question they referred;...  The Oxford Magazine: Or, Universal Museum - Page 381773Full view - About this book
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 136 pages
...almost came to blows, When luckily came by a third ; To him the question they referred, And begg'd he'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother; The creature's neither one nor t'other. I caught the animal last night, And viewed... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...almost came to blows; When luckily came by a third; To him the question they referred, And begged he 'd tell them, if he knew, " Whether the thing was green or blue." " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother, The creature 's neither one nor t' other; I caught the animal last night, And... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...to blows ; When luckily came by a third. To him the question they referr'd, And begged he'd tell 'em if he knew Whether the thing was green or blue. " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother ; The creature's neither one nor t'other. I caught the animal last night, And view'd... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...to blows; When luckily came by a third: To him the question they referr'd; And begg'd he'd tell 'em if he knew Whether the thing was green or blue. " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother; The creature's neither one nor t'other. I caught the animal last night, And view'd... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 272 pages
...almost came to blows, When luckily came by a third ; To him the question they referred, And begg'd h'e'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother; The creature's neither one nor t'other. I caught the animal last night, And viewed... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...almost came to blows : When luckily came by a third; To him the question they referred. And begged he 'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. "Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother ; The creature 's neither one nor t' other. I caught the animal last night, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...came to blows : When luckily came by a third ; To him the question they referred, And begged he 'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother ; The creature 'a neither one nor t' other. I caught the animal last night, And... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...almost came to blows: When luckily came by a third; To him the question they referred, And begged he 'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. "Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother; The creature 'a neither one nor t' other. I caught the animal last night, And viewed... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...came to blows : When luckily came by a third ; To him the question they referred, And begged he 'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. " Sirs," cries the umpire, " cease your pother ; The creature 's neither one nor t' other. 1 caught the animal last night, And... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 pages
...blows ; When luckily came by a third — To him the question they referred, And begged he 'd tell 'em, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. "Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother! The creature 's neither one or t' other.' I caught the animal last night, And viewed... | |
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