 And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.  A Little Book of Light Verse - Page 221902 - 193 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...said, "I a>n in basic to dinej TwsiS for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for miae." Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless boast, For which...most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar; And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...Ware." So turning to his horse, he said, " I am In haste to dine; T was for your pleasure yon came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast I For which he paid full dear; For, while lie spake, a braying as* Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Ware. So turning to his horse he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spoke, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Hod heard a lion... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...So, turning to his horse, he said, " 1 am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here. You shall go back for mine." Ah! luckless speech,...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar. And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilptn, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallopp'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth - 1838 - 462 pages
...into the thickest part of the vegetation ; but I was presently reminded of John Gilpin's experience, ' Ah, luckless speech and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear.' for as I vauntingly proceeded, I found that the high grass, reaching to my knees, though it harboured neither... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1838 - 456 pages
...into the thickest part of the vegetation ; but I was presently reminded of John Gilpin's experience, ' Ah, luckless speech and bootless boast, For which he paid full dear.' for as I vauntingly proceeded, I found that the high grass, reaching to my knees, though it harboured neither... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine, 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and...For which he paid full dear ; For while he spake, a brayiug ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless [2] boast, For which he paid full dear ; For, while he...braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat [s] his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had... | |
 | East India college - 1840 - 204 pages
...again. And pay around thy tomb a poet's obsequies. D. A DEBATING SOCIETY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. " Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which...spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear." JOHN GILPIN. Day set upon the college steep, And Lee's fair river, broad and deep, And Hoddesdon's... | |
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