...Presenting to my contemplation A perfect point of admiration I As with my hat upon my head I walked along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand." See BOSWELL, Life, vol. ii. p. 136 (ed. of Birkbeck Hill). "Or, to make such poetry subservient to...

...narrative and conversation. " For instance," he continued : " As with my hat upon my head I walked along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand. Or to render such poetry subservient to my own immediate use : 'Dr. fohnson. 77 " I therefore pray thee, Renny,...

...fact and irrefutable logic. Witness these two examples : As with my hat upon my head I walked along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand. The tender infant, meek and mild, Fell down upon the stone; The nurse took up the squealing child But...

...all. Hawhins. 197. Round numbers are always false. 235. As with my hat * upon my head I walk'd along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand.4 Georye Steetens. 310. Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. Hannab More....

...of Warkivorth — ingeniously parody their style : — ' As with my hat upon my head, I walk'd along the Strand, I there did meet another man, With his hat in his hand.' Broadside ballads, including a few of the genuine ancient ballads, still enjoy a certain popularity....

...all. Hawkins. 197. Bxmnd numbers are always false. 235. As with my hat * upon my head I walk'd along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand.4 (ieorge Slentm. 310. Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. Hannith More....

...the simplicity of their metre in the well-known parody : As with my hat upon my head I walk'd along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand. For some obscure reason he hated Milton's Lyridas, and when Miss Seward told him she had read it with...

...stuff in ordinary narrative conversation. For instance : As with my hat upon my head I walked along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand." See BOSWELL, Li/c, vol. ii. p. 136 (ed. of Birkbeck Hill). "Or, to make such poetry subservient to...

...they could afford to keep three. Josh Billings. JUNE TENTH As with my hat upon my head I walked along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand. The tender infant, meek and mild, Fell down upon the stone; The nurse took up the squealing child,...

...narrative and conversation. " For instance," says he, — "As with my hat upon my head I walk'd along the Strand, I there did meet another man With his hat in his hand." Or, to render such poetry subservient to my own immediate use, — " I therefore pray thee, Renny dear, That thou...