And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered: And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling, And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny... Once a Week - Page 166edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats. Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers,...Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers; Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the... | |
| Caricatures and cartoons - 1849 - 564 pages
...of bacon, and cheese, and butter. Consider the many-sorted rats abo\mding in the Establishment, — "Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
| American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...mighty rumbling : And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats,brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats,...Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the... | |
| 1846 - 534 pages
...Piper of Hamelin.' We cannot refrain from an extract. ' Out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
| Caricatures and cartoons - 1849 - 590 pages
...— "Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny raU, Drown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rat*, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens of dozens." And reflect on the consequence, if HER MAJESTY'S rat-catcher,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...grumbliiig ; And the grumbling grow to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tins and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the... | |
| Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...the rats came tumbling : Great rats, small rate, lean rats, brawny rate, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, eousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Curling tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
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