 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...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 - 1836 - 416 pages
...away 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,...! 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 - 1835 - 406 pages
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...! 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 - 1836 - 404 pages
...away 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,...! 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 Harrison Ainsworth - 1837 - 466 pages
...any. But trust a woman ! — not I, the length of my little finger." CHAPTER XXXVII. THE HUE AND CRY. 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 pass'd that way Stop thief! stop thief! a highwayman!... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 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 mate ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...away 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,...! 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,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The rumbling of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...With postboy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue-and-cry : [2] — " Stop thief! Stop thief! — a highwayman," Not one of them was mute ; And all... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...lumb'ring of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring in the rear, They raised the hue and cry : " Stop...!" 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 - 1841 - 358 pages
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...! 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. 
