 He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, 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...  The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table - Σελίδα 296των Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1868 - 373 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 σελίδες
...hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum,"— Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from...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... | |
 | 1859 - 418 σελίδες
...of logs from tue " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, — Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 σελίδες
...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...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, tap, dasher, from tough old hitlc, Found in the... | |
 | 1861 - 304 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 326 σελίδες
...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 wedges flew from...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 σελίδες
...hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em; Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from...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... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 σελίδες
...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...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 σελίδες
...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...linchpin too, . Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit... | |
 | 1867 - 530 σελίδες
...of logs from the ' Settler's ellum,' — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, — Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from...linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 σελίδες
...hubs 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...linchpin too, Steel of the finest,- bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide, Found in the pit... | |
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