 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...The posthoy's horse right glad to misf The lumbering of the wheels. EPISTLE TO A LADY IN FRANCE. 219 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 Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 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, With postboy scampering in the rear, "Stop thief! Stop thief! — a highwayman ! " Not one of them was mute ; And all and each, that passed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 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,...join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 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 - 1849 - 422 pages
...length of my little finger." CHAPTER IV. THE HTJE AND CRY. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus sesing Gilpin fly, With postboy scampering in the rear, They...hue and cry : Stop thief ! stop thief! a highwayman ! l«ot one of them was mute; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. Jonn Gilpin.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pages
...; he tried to stop John's horse, 50 By seizing fast the flowing rein : but only made things worse : Six gentlemen upon the road, thus seeing Gilpin fly,...With post-boy scampering in the rear, they raised the hue-and-cry. " Stop thief! — stop thief! — a highwayman ! " not one of them was mute, 5 So they,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 44 pages
...and Cry " — properly, the term used in law to express the pursuit of a thief or other delinquent. " 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 - 1850 - 516 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,...each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, For he got... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...right glad to find Hw friend in merry pin, Returned him not a single word, tiut to the house went in ; eavenly υ ( ч U V"D 1851 Lippincott, Grambo & co"# Cowper William" William Cowper( l)id join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men... | |
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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. 
