| 1837 - 1322 Seiten
...arc recorded in the mellifluous melodies of Mother Goose after the following sublime manner ! — " There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble-bush, And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might... | |
| 1833 - 154 Seiten
...pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot nine days old. Can you spell that with four letters ? There was a man in our town, And he was wond'rous wise, He jump'd into a bramble-bush, And scratch 'd out both his eyes ; And when he saw his eyes were out, With... | |
| 1837 - 624 Seiten
...are recorded in the mellifluous melodies of Mother Goose after the following sublime manner ! — " There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble-bush, And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1843 - 654 Seiten
...goes," and, after a brilliant synir phony, which prepared Jane for something very fine, out came : " There was a man in our town, and he was wondrous wise," — farther than this he did not go. He sang it though over and over again, — first in one voice,... | |
| 1886 - 964 Seiten
...and dissimilars. As much is taught in a mother goose melody, which jingles as follows: " There was i\ man in our town. And he was wondrous wise; He jumped Into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes. And when he found his eyes were out, With all his might... | |
| Dame Goslin (pseud.) - 1851 - 110 Seiten
...again. LITTLE KobiiT Red-breast, Sat upon a hurdle ; With a pair of speckled legs, And a green girdle. There was a man in our town, And he was wond'rous wise, He jump'd into a bramble bush, And scratch'd out both his eyes ; And when he saw his eyes were out, With... | |
| Sydney A. Story, Mary Hayden Green Pike - 1856 - 548 Seiten
...willingly run into such awful danger, how are you better than he ? " - And she sung gayly, — I " * There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes,'" prolonging the strain by extempore trills, and fugues,... | |
| 1860 - 80 Seiten
...count their spoons. 3. There was a little Senator Who wasn't very wise, He jumped into Conventi-on And scratched out both his eyes; And when he found...his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He bolted off to Baltimore XTEMPORANEOUS DISCOURSES, BY REV. EH CHAPIN, DD sported as Delivered, and Hevised... | |
| Adeline Dutton Train Whitney - 1860 - 140 Seiten
...dwindle as we go, And the long perspective of our life Is truth, and not a show ! "SIMILIA SIMILIBUS." " There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise : He jumped into a bramble-bush, And scratched out both his eyes. But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might... | |
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