 Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed 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. And so he did, and won it too, For he got first...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 246by William Cowper - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1785 - 652 pages
...Soon join'd-ia the purfait. " But all the turnpike gates again Flew open, in mort fpace, The men ilill thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. " And...For he got firft to town, Nor ftopp'd till where he firft got up He did again get down. " Now let us fing — Long live the king, And Gilpin long live... | |
 | William Cowper - 1785 - 184 pages
...Soon join'd in the purfuiu But all the turnpike-gates again Flew open in fhort fpace ; The men ftill thinking, as before,. That Gilpin rode a race : ....For he got firft to town : Nor ftopp'd till where he firft got up He did again get down. . Now let us fing — ' Long live the king ; * * ' And Gilpin,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...Soon join'd in the purfuit. But all the turnpike-gates again Flew open in fhort fpace ; The men full thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode a race : And...For he got firft to town : Nor ftopp'd till where he firft got up He did again get down. Now let us fing — " Long live the King ; " And Gilpin, long live... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...cry : Stop thief, ftop thief— a highwayman! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that pafs'd that way Did join in the purfuit. And now the turnpike...where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us'fmg, Long live the king, And Gilpin long live he, And when he next doth ride abroad, May I be there... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...join'd in the purfuit. But all the turnpike gates again i Flew open in fhort fpace ; The men flill thinking, as before, , That Gilpin rode a race : And...For he got firft to town ; Nor ftopp'd till where he firft got up i He did again get down. Now let us fmg-^> Long live the king 5And Gilpin, long live he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...:— Stop thief! ftop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pafs'd that way Did join in the purfuit. And now the turnpike...ftopp'd till where he had got up He did again get down. 8 JOHN GILPIN. Now let us fing — Long live the king, And Gilpin, long live he; And, when he next... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 268 pages
...the turnpike gates again 10 9 olno zurll bnA Flew open in ftort fpace ; 07b.,i4T; The toll-men Ambng, as before, That Gilpin rode a race. And fo he did, and won it too, . For he gothrlt to town, Nor itopp'd till where he firft got up ,• , j ' He dijd again get down, Now let... | |
 | William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...fhort fpace; The toll-men thinking,.as .before, That Gilpin rode a race. . '. ;.• And fo he did—and won it too !— For he got firft to town; Nor ftopp'd...where he had got up He did again get down,. Now let us fing—Long live the king, And Gilpin, long live he; And, when he neKt doth ride abroad, May I be there... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...pafs'd that way Did join in the purfuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in Oiortfpace; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode...did, and won it too, For he got firft to town. Nor flopp 'd till where he firft got up He did again get down. Now let us fing, Long live the king, And... | |
 | Children's stories - 1797 - 350 pages
...that pafs'd that way Did join in the purfuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in fliort fpace, The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin...where he had got up . , , . He did again get down. £3 Now Now let us fing— " Long live the King ; " And Gilpin, long live he ; " And when he next doth... | |
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