 | Christianity - 1843 - 750 pages
...better, because there is a conscious humour in the original, as well as in the translation : — " The man in the wilderness asked me How many strawberries...good — As many as red herrings grow in the wood." " Quidam in dcsertis blanda me voce rogabat. ' Fraga quot in pelagi rluctibus orta putes ?' Nee male... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...the little boy that lives in the lain The man in the wilderness. Asked me, How many strawberries Grew in the sea ? I answered him as I thought good, As many red herrings As grew in the wood; Little Robin Redbreast Sat upon a tree, Up went the Pussy-Cat, And... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...peteret mea basia, mecum Luderet — ad certain mittitur illa necem ! HD THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS. THE man in the wilderness asked me, ' How many strawberries grow in the sea Г I answered him, as I thought good, ' As many as red herrings grow in the wood.' GAMMER GURTON. EPISTLE... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Counting-out rhymes - 1843 - 332 pages
...What should we have for drink? CCLXXV. THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea ? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. CCLXXVI. HERE am I, little jumping Joan ; When nobody's with me, I'm always alone.... | |
 | Christianity - 1843 - 744 pages
...better, because there is a conscious humour in the original, as well as in the translation : — " The man in the wilderness asked me How many strawberries grow in the sea? As many as red herrings grow in the wood." " Quidam in desertis blanda me voce rogabat, I answered... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 pages
...think that I'm gone mad: For many a joyful day My fiddle and I have had. THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS. The man in the wilderness asked me, " How many strawberries...good, " As many as red herrings grow in the wood." THE DILEMMA. JOHANNULI FIDES. Trade fides illas, mihi trade, Johannulc, si tu Nobiliore veils conditione... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 266 pages
...which I have unfortunately mislaid.] THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. 258. [The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery history of... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 300 pages
...which I have unfortunately mislaid.] THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea ? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. CCLX. [The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery history of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 372 pages
...stated before, is a hill in Aberdeenshire. There is an English version of this piece of rustic wit — A man in the wilderness asked me, ' How many strawberries...sea ?' I answered him, as I thought good, * As many red herrings as grow in the wood.' TAUNT FOR SILLY BOASTERS. Poor haiverel Will, and lang-skinned Jock,... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 396 pages
...gratification from the lines— " The man in the wilderness asked me, 1 How many strawberries grew in the sea ?' I answered him, as I thought good, ' As many red herrings as grow in the wood.'" , Let the sentimentalist, then, occasionally lay aside his Byron,... | |
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The Man in the Wilderness The Man in the Wilderness asked of me, "How many strawberries grow in the sea?" I answered him, as I thought good, "As many red herrings as grow in the wood. 
