 That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of whitewood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the...  Physician and Surgeon - Pàgina 2001911Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pàgines
...The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese. But lasts like iron fur things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroifghbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pàgines
...The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum,"— Last of its...screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of th^finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pàgines
...from logs from the " Settler's Ellnm"— Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em — Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between...; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, tap, dasher, from tough old hitlc, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put... | |
 | 1861 - 304 pàgines
...Last of its timber,—they eouldn't sell 'em,— i Shafts. U.-.2 Never an axe had seen their ehips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like eelery-tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and serew, Spring, tire, axle, and linehpin too, Steel of the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pàgines
...The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its...between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pàgines
...like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em; Never an axe had seen their chips. And the...between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 pàgines
...from logs from the " Settler's Ellum"— Last of its timber—they couldn't sell 'em— Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between...top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." " There'.'' said the Deacon, " naow... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 pàgines
...logs from the " Settler's ellura" — Last of its timber — they could n't sell 'em — Never an ax had seen their chips, . And the wedges flew from between...top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit where the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." "There!" said the Deacon, "naow she'll... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1866 - 526 pàgines
...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ettum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em; Never...between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery tips ; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pàgines
...of logs from the "settler's ellum," — ' Last of its timber, they could n't sell 'em; Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their bluut ends frizzled like celery-tips ; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and... | |
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