Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. And... The Poems of William Cowper ... - Pàgina 384per William Cowper - 1860 - 491 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 pàgines
...pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode...and won it too! — For he got first to town; Nor stopp'd till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let us sing — Long live the king, And... | |
| Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 586 pàgines
...passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode...when he next doth ride abroad, May I be there to see ! "John Gilpin" should be read for its good fun. Its author, William Cowper, was a timid man, who was... | |
| Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pàgines
...passed that way Did join in the pursuit. 240 And now the turnpike-gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race. And so he did, and won it too, 246 For he got first to town ; Nor stopped till where he had got up He did again get down. Now let... | |
| 1920 - 1002 pàgines
...passed that way did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again flew open in short space; The tollmen thinking, as before, that Gilpin rode...long live he; And when he next doth ride abroad, may T be there to see! William Cowper. Paddy O'Rafther 571 PADDY O'RAFTHER PADDY, in want of a dinner one... | |
| Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce - 1924 - 890 pàgines
...sitie ' Sei/cd fast the flowiriK mane. And up he Rot in haste to ride Hut soon came down again. , , , "Now let us sing 'Long live the King' And Gilpin,...when he next doth ride abroad May I be there to see." inst Evolution in the First Baptist irch of Butte, Mont. ¡loom pervaded the church, save for glare... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pàgines
...a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. (1. 1—4) 7 OBS; OBVE; SeCP; SeCV-1; TEP; TrGrPo With her and...tickle the sense, For we shall be past it a hundre (1. 249-252) BeLS; FaBoBe; FiP; GN; InvP; OBNV WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1 800) The Castaway \ Obscurest... | |
| Richard Penn Smith - 2003 - 214 pàgines
...a linen-draper takes an involuntary gallop on a borrowed horse from London to Ware and back again: "Now let us sing — Long live the king, / And Gilpin...he next doth ride abroad, / May I be there to see!" 8. "race is not always ..." Ecclesiastes 9:1 1. CHAPTER XI. 1. fifty mounted Cumanches. Shackford (p.... | |
| William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pàgines
...pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. 240 And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode...and won it too! — For he got first to town; Nor stopp'd till where he had got up He did again get down. 248 Now let us sing— Long live the king,... | |
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