 | 1830 - 222 pages
...remainder of liis time, and has lever returned,— Sat. Bulletin. SIMILARITY OF TASTES. Jack Prime could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, . And so betwixt them both, They licked the platter clean. OLD SCIMI. It is the prevailing opinion, that the... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...choose one whose habits will as happily dove-tail with yours: — Jack Sprat Could eat no fat, And his wife could eat no lean. And so, between them both. They licked the platter clean. august 29. ST. JOHN BAPTIST BEHEADED. There are particulars concerning the former celebrations of this... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...they gather ! Wide waves the eagle plume blended with heather. Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Jack Sprat could eat no fat; His wife could eat no lean ; So 'twixt them both they cleared the cloth, And lick'd the platter clean. There was a little boy... | |
 | George Washington Frost Mellen - Constitutional history - 1841 - 452 pages
...only result; or else we come off like the platter in Mother Goose's Melodies, wiped perfectly clean: " Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean;. And so betwixt them both They wiped the platter clean." It is thus with the rights of both the white and colored... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...put out her horns like a little kyloe cow, Eun, tailors run, or she'll kill you all e'en now. XXXIX. JACK Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean. XL. LITTLE Jack Jingle, He used to live single :... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...put out her horns like a little kyloe cow, Run, tailors run, or she'll kill you all e'en now. XXXIX. JACK Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean. XL. LITTLE Jack .Jingle, He used to live single :... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...like a little kyloe cow, Run, tailors run, or she'll kill you all e'en now. 26 NURSERY RHYMES. XXXIX. JACK Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean. XL. LITTLE Jack Jingle, He used to live single :... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...habits will as happily dove-tail with yours: — Jack Sprat Could cat no fat, And his wife could cat no lean, And so, between them both, They licked the platter clean. ЛидигЛ 29. ST. JOHN BAPTIST BEHEADED. There are particulars concerning the former celebrations... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Counting-out rhymes - 1843 - 332 pages
...She put out her horns like a little kyloe cow, Hun, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'en now. JACK Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, you see, They lick'd the platter clean. LI. LITTLE Jack Jingle, He used to live... | |
 | Literature - 1918 - 928 pages
...stare at her, she went on, cackling with laughter, "Don't you know the tale in the children's book? — Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt them both They licked the platter clean. She was a-settin' of her cap at ye, Mr. Blanchard."... | |
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Jack Sprat could eat no fat, / His wife could eat no lean; / And so between them both, you see, / They licked the platter clean. 
