...JACK HORNER. LITTLE Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie : He put in his thumb, and he pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I! " Oh, greedy Jack Horner, to sit in a corner, Eating alone that great pie. To me it is plain you'll...

...HOKNEK, LITTLE JACK HORNER. CHAPTER I. " Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said ' What a good boy am I ! ' " JACK HORNER was an only child. He had never had a brother or sister. His father and mother both...

...HORNER. THE SPIRIT OF SELF-SATISFACTION. " Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, • And said, 'What a good boy am I ! '" IT would serve no profitable purpose to discuss the age or authorship of these immortal lines....

...upon Nursery Rhymes, such as : — " Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner, Eating his Christinas pie : He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And said, ' What a good boy am I.' " The subject of the discourse founded on this, is the spirit of self,satisfaction. Another text is...

...apparently not much the worse for the tumble. " Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum ! And said — "What a good boy am I ! " As the guests sang a pretty boy doll, with a large pie tucked under his arm, came running to the...

...over the bleak plain. JACK GOOD-BOY. Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And said " What a good boy am I!" ICE ON THE POND. praise brook pride prank prize brim brave breeze frost freeze Fred Frank On one side...

...which I disliked so much as that little Jack Homer, who sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie, and he put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, and said what a good boy am I, and there is no more offensive person in real life than he who is continually bringing out the same...

...I disliked so much as that little Jack Horner, who sat in a corner, eating his Christmas' pie, and he put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, and said " what a good boy am I ; " and there is no more offensive person in real life than he who is continually bringing out the...

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...HOKNER. " " Little Jack Homer sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, and he pulled out a plum, And said ' What a good boy am I ! ' ' " The rhyme of Jack Hornor has been stated to be a satire on the Puritanical aversion to Christmas...