My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Poems, - Σελίδα 226των William Cowper - 1817Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1785 - 568 σελίδες
...in : Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up ; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit — '' My head is twice as big as yours, " They therefore needs muft fit. ••... | |
| William Cowper - 1785 - 184 σελίδες
...in : Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit— .* My head is twice as big as yours, •* They therefore needs muft fit •-«... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 σελίδες
...in. *' Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, "' A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. " He held them up¿ and in hïs turn Thus fhow'd his ready wit— ' My head is twice as big as yours¿ They therefore needs muft... | |
| William Cowper - 1786 - 756 σελίδες
...went in. Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turii Thus fhow'd his ready wit, —My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit.... | |
| William Cowper - 1787 - 346 σελίδες
...went in ; Whence flrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs... | |
| William Cowper - 1790 - 300 σελίδες
...went in ; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig., A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape... | |
| William Cowper - 1793 - 378 σελίδες
...went in; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs muft fit. But let... | |
| James Roach - 1794 - 268 σελίδες
...went in : Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig A wig that flow'd behind, -A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus fliew'd his ready wit : My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But [ *5 3... | |
| 1795 - 94 σελίδες
...single word, But to the house went in; Whence strait he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn, Thus shew'd his ready wit, My:head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit, But let me... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 σελίδες
...went in ; When ftraight he came \vith hat and wig, A wig thst flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfc for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his tur« Thus Ihcw'd his ready wit: My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But... | |
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