He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep within ; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began to hear. The fourth... The Yale Literary Magazine - Seite 1211836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1830 - 308 Seiten
...always laugh When masters make a. pun ; And well he might— I 've tried enough, And never made but one. He took the paper, and I watched And saw him peep...fourth — he broke into a roar, The fifth— his waistband split ; The sixth — he burst five buttons off And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 Seiten
...These to the printer .'" I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added, as a trifling jest, " There'll be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watched,...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 Seiten
...These to the printer," I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added, (as a trifling jest,) " There '11 be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watched,...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons oft", And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 Seiten
...(as a trifling jest,) ,. "; He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep withirt ; ^J f ~ff -v At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 Seiten
...These to the printer," I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added, (as a trifling jest,) " There '11 be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watched,...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 Seiten
...These to the printer," I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added, (as a trifling jest,) " There '11 be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watched,...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 Seiten
...These to the printer," I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added, (as a trifling jest,) " There '11 be the devil to pay.' He took the paper, and I watched,...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| 1853 - 458 Seiten
...way, I added, (as a trifling jest,) " There'll be the devil to pay." He took the paper, and I watch'd, And saw him peep within ; At the first line he read,...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1854 - 324 Seiten
...limb ! " These to the printer," I exclaimed, And, in my humorous way, I added, (as a trifling jest,) He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep...The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his waistband split ; The sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a fit Ten days and nights,... | |
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