 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
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." " There,"...away ; Children and grandchildren — where were they 1 But there stood the stout old one-hoss shay, As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED—... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1881 - 410 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 II tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 pages
...tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." — 4. There !" said the Deacon, " naow she'll dew." Do !...— where were they? But there stood the stout old one-boss shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake-day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED : it came and found The Deacon's... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." " There !" said the Deacon, " naow she'll dew!" 6. Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder,...there stood the stout old one-hoss shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake day ' 7. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 406 pages
...the way he " put her through." — " There 1 " said the Deacon, " naow shell lew . " Do I tel you, \ rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less !...— where were they ? But there stood the stout old one-hoss-shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake-day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ; — it came and found The Deacon's... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 436 pages
...tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." — " There ! " said the Deacon, " naow she '11 dew." Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder,...less ! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon aad deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they? But there stood the stout... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 692 pages
...and wide ; » Shafts. 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 turned... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Readers - 1882 - 420 pages
...bison-skin, thick arid 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!" .^^iai Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards... | |
 | American poetry - 1882 - 578 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 dewl" Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses, beards... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - Recitations, American - 1881 - 438 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...there stood the stout old one-hoss shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ; — it came and found The deacon's masterpiece strong and... | |
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