 At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see,...  Everyday Classics: Sixth Reader - Sivu 327tekijä(t) Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 416 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 sivua
...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once,...as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss-shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. 1 think there is one habit, — I said to our company... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1870 - 1102 sivua
...apparatus and the fixtures are in a state of decay, and like the " wonderful one-hoss shay," will go " to pieces all at once — All at once and nothing first, Just as bubbles do when they burst." I would recommend that a re-statement of the case be presented to the legislature at its next session,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 sivua
...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground You see, of coarse, if you're not a dune*. How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once, and nothing first, — Ju.it as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss-ahar. Ixyic is logic That's... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1859 - 432 sivua
...the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at ouce ; All at once, and nothing first, Just as bubbles do...wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. The rhythm of Mr Holmes's verses was, we remember, always smooth and melodious, although such nervous... | |
 | 1859 - 418 sivua
...of course, if you're not a dunce, How it weni to picóos all at once, — All at once, and nothiug first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss-shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. For the >.'i•«• York Coach-Maker's Magazine.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 sivua
...the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at onceAll at once, and nothing first — Just as bubbles do when they burst. — End of the wonderful one-hoss-shay. Logic is logic. — That's all I say. OW HOLMES, 179. SCENE FROM "TnE POOR GENTLEMAN."... | |
 | 1861 - 300 sivua
...ground ! You see, of eourse, if you're not a dunee, How it went to pieees all at onee, — All at onee, and nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss-shay. Logie is logie. That's all I sny. TlIE BALLAD OP ELIZA DAVIS. WM TUACEERAY. ALLIANT... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 sivua
...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground I You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once,...End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That 's all I say. AESTIVATION. AH UNPUBLISHED POEM, BY MY LATE LATIN TUTOR. IN candent ire the solar... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 sivua
...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground I You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at' once, — All at once,...nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. 12 End of the wonderful one-hoss shay: Logic is logic. — That 's all I saj. XXIV. — THE PRAIRIES.... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 sivua
...heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once — All at once,...one-hoss shay. Logic is Logic. . That's all I say. 0. W. HouiEa. HIAWATHA'S WOOING. S unto the bow the cord is So unto the man is woman, Though she bends... | |
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