 That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,^ That was for spokes and floor and sills; 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...  The Autocrat of the breakfast table - Σελίδα 290των Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 σελίδες
...from the straightest trees ; The panels of whitewood, that cuts like cheeee, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The 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 between their lips,... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1878 - 460 σελίδες
...from logs from the "Seder's ellum" — Last of its timber — -they couldn't sell 'em — Never ar 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... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 σελίδες
...cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settlers' ellum" — Last of its timber, they couldn't sell...celery-tips ; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; ^ Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top, dasher,... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 470 σελίδες
...cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settlers' ellum" — Last of its timber, they couldn't sell...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... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 σελίδες
...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 " — Last of its timber — they could n't sell 'em ; Never an ax hath seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 σελίδες
...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the " settler's ellum," — 45 Last of its timber, they couldn't sell 'em; Never...like celery-tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, 50 Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin,... | |
 | Addison Darre Crabtre - 1880 - 828 σελίδες
...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...its timber — they couldn't sell 'em; Never an axe bad seen their chips, 588 THE ONE-HOSS SHAY. And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 σελίδες
...lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, But lasts like iron for things like these; The 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 between their lips,... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 498 σελίδες
...panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's ellum " — Last of its...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... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 σελίδες
...panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's ellum " — Last of its...Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, ax|e, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and... | |
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