I'll be with you by and by. CXXI. [Another version, from "Infant Institutes," 8vo. Lond. 1797, p. 15.] I SAW an old woman toss'd up in a basket, Nineteen times as high as the moon ; Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her hand she carried... Reading-literature - Pàgina 861911Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1833 - 154 pàgines
...tost up in a blanket, Seventy times as high as the moon, What she did there, I cannot tell you, But in her hand she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, O whither, 0 whither, O whither so high ? To sweep the cobwebs from the sky, And I shall be back again... | |
| 1835 - 1022 pàgines
...mounting to the summit of her ambitious glory. " There was an old woman went up in a basket, Seventy times as high as the Moon; Where she was going I couldn't...a Broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Where are you going up so high ? — To sweep the cobwebs off the sky, And I'll be with you by and... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 pàgines
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah ! whither, whither so high ? Oh ! I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And I'll be with... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 476 pàgines
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah ! whither, whither so high ? Oh ! I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And I'll be with... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 468 pàgines
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah ! whither, whither so high ? Oh ! I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And 111 be with... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 pàgines
...CXXI. [Another version, from "Infant Institutes," 8vo. Lond. 1797, p. 15.] I SAW an old woman toss'd up in a basket, Nineteen times as high as the moon...carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, O whither, O whither, O whither, so high ? To brush the cobwebs off the sky ! Shall I go with... | |
| 1846 - 300 pàgines
...not gone, CLXXX. [From ' Infant Institutes,' 8vo, London, 1797, p. 15.] THERE was an old woman toss'd up in a basket Nineteen times as high as the moon;...carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, O whither, O whither, O whither, so high? To brush the cobwebs off the sky ! Shall I go with... | |
| 1846 - 266 pàgines
...may go." 179. [From " Infant Institutes," 8vo., London, 1107, p. 15.] THERE was an old woman toss'd up in a basket, Nineteen times as high as the moon...carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, O whither, O whither, O whither so high ? To brush the cobwebs off the sky ! Shall I go with... | |
| Lawrence Lovechild - 1847 - 118 pàgines
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going nobody could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, O whither, whither so high ? O, I 'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And I 'll come down... | |
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