 Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he...  Common School Readings: Containing New Selections in Prose and Poetry for ... - Page 114by John Swett - 1868 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...the way ho " put her through." " There ! " said the deacon, " naow she'll dew ! " Do ! Ill tell yon, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less. Colts grew horses, beards turn'd grey, Deacon and deaconess dropp'd away, Children and grand-children — where were they? But... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 376 pages
...way he " put her through."— 44 There ! " said the Deacon, " naow she'll dew I ** Do! I tell yon, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses, heards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they?... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old lüde Found in the jut when the tanner died. ilors pulling, hauling. And the quarter-deck taqiauling Was shivered in the she 'lldew !" Do ! I tell you, 1 rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." — "There!"...gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandehildren — where were they? But there stood the stout old onehoss-shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquakeday!... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...like celerytips; wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through."— "There!" said the Deacon, "naow she'll dew I" She was a wonder, and nothing less! Do! I tell you, I rather guess Colts grew horses, beards turned... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 444 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." — " There...away, Children and grandchildren —where were they F But there stood the stout old one-boss shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake-day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 584 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." — " There...nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deaeon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandehildren — where were they? But there stood... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. Thatwas the way he "putherthrough." — "There!" said the Deacon, "naow she'll dew!" Do !...horses, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped awav, Children andgrandohildren, — where were they ? But there stood the stout old one-hoss shay... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...That was the way ho " put her through." " There !" said the Deacon, " naow she'll dew !*" NE\V. 65 Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less. Colts grew horses, beards turned grey, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they ? But there... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1875 - 540 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he 'put her through.' — 'There !' said the Deacon, 'naow she'll dew !' Do ! I'll tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses, beards turn'd... | |
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