 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
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...the way he " put her through." — "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, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaeoness dropped away, Children nnd grandehildren — where were they ? But there stood the stout... | |
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...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 I " Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less. Colts grew horses, beards turned... | |
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...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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...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...beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, 6. The original elms harvested by the settlers. Children and grandchildren— where were they? But... | |
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...and gulp her down, It was on the terrible earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss-shay. She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses,...— 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... | |
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...when the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." "There I " said the Deacon, "naow she '11 dew! " Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder,...shay As fresh as on Lisbon-earthquake-day ! EIGHTEEN HUNDEED ; — it came and found The Deacon's masterpiece strong and sound. Eighteen hundred increased... | |
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