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" Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. "
The Parlour Portfolio, Or, Post-chaise Companion: Being a Selection of the ... - Page 311
1820
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The Ideal Catholic Literary Readers: Book One

Sister Mary Domitilla - 1917 - 396 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...than at first, For why ? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half...
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One Hundred Narrative Poems

George E. Teter - 1918 - 456 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her htisband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half-a-crown...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2

1918 - 2062 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped ugh patient (C/ Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out...
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A Guide to the English Language: Its History, Development, and Use

Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 pages
...miscellaneous writer. Chief works : Tatle Talk, The Task, John Gilfin, Letters, &c. From John Gilpin " Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig....sooner than at first, For why ? they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away. She pull'd out half-a-crown....
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The Book of Humorous Verse

1920 - 996 pages
...did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before. Away...than at first, for why? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw her husband posting down Into the country far away, she pulled out half...
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Junior High School Literature ...

William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. He lost them sooner than at first, For why? They were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down 5 Into the country far away, She pulled out...
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The Elson Readers..: Book 5-8 ...

William Harris Elson - 1921 - 552 pages
...sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, 15 And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first, 20 For why? They were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the...
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A Book of British and American Verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galfoped off with all his might, As he had done before. 2°8 Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig:...sooner than at first ; For why? — they were too big. 2'2 Now Mrs. Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out...
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Sixth Reader, Book 6

Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away...than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pulled out half...
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Jean Gilpin: l'histoire divertissante de la promenade à cheval

William Cowper - 1925 - 72 pages
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