 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...the line acd cry: — Stop thief! stop thief! — <i highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And nil and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit....turnpike gates again • Flew open in short space; The toil-men thinking as before That Giipin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...away VVent post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glnd to mist The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...scampering in the rear They raised the hue and cry:-*. Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that wny Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...With post-boy scanip'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry : ' 38O THE POETICAL PRECEPTOR. Stop thief! stop thief! a highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 360 pages
...Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry : — Stop thief ! stop thief ! —...! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...Went post-boy at his heels !— The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With post-boy scampering in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry :— Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman] Not one of them was mute ; And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 354 pages
...gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postbdy fcaflip'ring in the reur, They rais'd the hue and cry : — Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of theni was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry : — Stop thief! stop thief !-a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring in the Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. • And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 312 pages
...Went post-boy at his heels !— The post-boy's horse right glad to mis» The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With post-boy scampering in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry :— Stop thief! stop thief !— a highwayman I Not one of them was mute ; And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...With postboy scamp'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry:— * Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;... | |
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Stop thief, stop thief — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. 
