 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
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 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, "nuow she'll dew." Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit when the tanner died. 55 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, and nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards turned... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Table-talk - 1886 - 440 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, u naow she'll dew.w Do : I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1887 - 686 pages
...tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, 6c Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren,...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 - 1887 - 596 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 tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 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 '11 dew ! " Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less ! Colts grew horses,... | |
 | Athol Maudslay - Coaching (Transportation) - 1888 - 620 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...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 sound.... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1888 - 686 pages
...tanner died. 3 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 c The Deacon's masterpiece strong... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain. Is only jest i " make that place uz strong uz the rest. " That was the way he "put her through." — " There...dew ! " Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wondernand nothing less. Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away,... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...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!" said...there stood the stout old one-hoss shay As fresh as on Lisbon earthquake day! Eighteen hundred — it came, and found Xhe Deacon's masterpiece strong and... | |
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