 our Mayor's a noddy; And as for our Corporation - shocking To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine What's best to rid us of our vermin! You hope, because you're old and obese, To find in the furry civic robe ease?...  The Sprague Classic Readers: Book 1-5 - Page 172by Sarah E. Sprague - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine What's best to rid us of our vermin! You hope, because you're old and...obese, To find in the furry civic robe ease ? Rouse tip, sirs! Give your brains a racking, To fiml the remedy we're lacking, Or, sure as fate, we'll send... | |
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that carrt or won't determine AVhat's best to rid us of our vermin ! You hope, because you're old and...lacking, Or, sure as fate, we'll send you packing 1 ' At this the mayor and corporation Quaked with a mighty consternation." A person of"musical abilities... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...that can't or won't determine " What 's best to rid us of our vermin ! " You hope, because you 're old and obese, " To find in the furry civic robe ease...! Give your brains a racking " To find the remedy we 'er lacking, " Or, sure as fate, we 'll send you packing ! " At this the Mayor and Corporation Quaked... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...think we buy gowns lined with ermine " For dolts that can't or won't determine " What's" best to rid us of our vermin ! " You hope, because you're old and obese, " To find in the furry civic robe case ? " Bouse up, sirs ! Give your brains a racking " To find the remedy we're lacking, "Or, sure... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...To think we buy gowns, lined with ermine Eor dolts that can't or won't determine AVhat's best to rid us of our vermin ! You hope, because you're old and...corporation Quaked with a mighty consternation. An hour they sate in council, At length the Mayor broke silence : "For a guilder I'd my ermine gown sell ; I wish... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine What's best to rid us of our vermin ! You hope, because you're old and...corporation Quaked with a mighty consternation. An hour they sate in council ; At length the mayor broke silence : " For a guilder I'd my ermine gown sell ; I wish... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...lined with ermine ' For dolts who can't or won't determine ' What's best to rid us of our vermin I ' You hope, because you're old and obese ' To find in the furry civic rube ease ? " Rouse up, Sirs ! Give your brains a racking " To find the remedy we're lacking, " Or,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1863 - 564 pages
...think we buy gowns lined with ermine " For dolts who can't or won't determine " What's best to rid us of our vermin ! " You hope, because you're old...At length the Mayor broke silence : " For a guilder Pd my ermine gown sell ; " I wish I were a mile hence I " It's easy to bid one rack one's brain —... | |
 | 302 pages
...To think we buy gowns lined with ermina "For dolts that can't or won't determine "What's best to rid us of our vermin ! " You hope, because you're old...and Corporation Quaked with a mighty consternation. , rvAn hour they sate in counril, /U 1 ruth the Mayor broke silence ; "For a guilder I'd my ermine... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine What's best to rid us of our vermin ! You hope, because you're old and...and Corporation Quaked with a mighty consternation. Iv. An hour they sate in council, At length the Mayor broke silence : " For a guilder I'd my ermine... | |
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