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" His long red cloak well brush'd and neat He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed. But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting... "
The Life of John Gilpin,: Taken from Divers Manuscripts in the Possession of ... - Page 123
by William Cowper - 1785 - 140 pages
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English Narrative Poems

Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 328 pages
...sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, 70 And hung a bottle on each side, Then over all, that he might be • Equipp'd from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, 75 He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full...
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William Cowper

William Cowper, Edward Storer - 1913 - 366 pages
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The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries, Volume 19

1914 - 310 pages
...brings the bags And lays them open wide; Then puts the chapeau on his head, The sword upon his side. Then over all, that he might be Equipp'd from top to toe, His long blue cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him starting once again Upon his...
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The Children's First [-third] Book of Poetry, Book 2

Emilie Kip Baker - 1915 - 232 pages
...sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might...Equipp'd from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones,...
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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might...Equipp'd from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full...
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The Copeland Reader: An Anthology of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 pages
...sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, cks — one was of pale yellow ; Of azure, pink, and white brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full...
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The Copeland Reader

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 pages
...ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. 246 Then, over all, that he might be Equipp'd from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brush 'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full...
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Introduction to Literature for Children

Eleanor Rawlinson - 1931 - 522 pages
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A Collection of English Poems, 1660-1800

Ronald Salmon Crane - 1932 - 1206 pages
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Selections from Cowper: Poetry and Prose

William Cowper - 1933 - 200 pages
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