 | Edward Verrall Lucas - English letters - 1907 - 456 pages
...say, I suppose, there's nobody knows, whether what I have got be verse or not : by the tune and the time, it ought to be rhyme ; but if it be, did you...ever see, of late or of yore, such a ditty before? The thought did occur to me and to her, as Madam and I, did walk and not fly, over hills and dales,... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - Letter-writing - 1908 - 312 pages
...say, I suppose, there's nobody knows, whether what I have got be verse or not: by the tune and the time, it ought to be rhyme; but if it be, did you ever see, of late or of yore, such a ditty before? The thought did occur to me and to her, as Madam and I, did walk and not fly, over hills and dales,... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - Letter-writing - 1908 - 312 pages
...rank and long, that, so to speak, 'tis at least a week, if it happens to rain, ere it dries again. I have writ Charity, not for popularity, but as well as I could, in hopes to do good ; and if the Eeviewer should say "to be sure, the gentleman's Muse wears Methodist shoes; you may know by her pace,... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1912 - 540 pages
...say, I suppose, there's nobody knows, whether what I have got, be verse or not : by the tune and the time, it ought to be rhyme ; but if it be, did you ever see, of late or of yore, such a ditty before ? The thought did occur, to me and to her, as Madam and I, did walk and not fly, over hills and dales,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1937 - 576 pages
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 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...what I have got he progress, and resolving, as a postilion does, verse or not; — by the tune and the sian tale for half-acrown, from several different quarters, but never ever see, of late or of yore, such a ditty any (for obvious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1933 - 200 pages
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My very dear Friend — I am going to send, what when you have read, you may scratch your head, and say, I suppose, there's nobody knows, whether what I have got, be verse or not : by the tune and the time, it ought to be rhyme ; but if it be, did you... 
