 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 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...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 pages
...sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped oil' with all his might. As he had done before. Away went...than at first, For why ? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down I nto the country far away, She pulled out half... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 pages
...while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had ly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath. Under...The Spirit slid: and it was he That made the ship mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her husband posting down Into the country far away, She pull'd out half... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1744 pages
...while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had ightened, and so giddy that I clung to him with both...and said, "If you would kindly please to let me ke Gilpin 's hat and wig! He lost them sooner than at first — For why? — they were too big! Now, mistress... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 586 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-a-crown... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he 206 Had heard a lion roar, And galloped L6;xL6; 85; 210 He lost them sooner than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now Mistress Gilpin, when she... | |
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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. 
