Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And said, " What a good boy am I ! " HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. New Sloan Readers Manual - Page 65by Mrs. Katharine Emily Sloan - 1915 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1843 - 590 pages
...recall the verses to memory, for the sake of a comment ; and thus it is they run : Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie, He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, Saying, what a good boy am I. In these verses many things may be remarked ; but the main point, the... | |
| English wit & humor - 1825 - 204 pages
...their not using commas, semicolons, or colons, but the worst is, they put no periods to their works. Little Jack Homer. Little Jack Horner, sat in a corner,...Eating his Christmas pie, He put in his thumb, and pull'd out a plum, "Arjd said what a good boy am I. When the venal and base, to eke out job or place,... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...admirably illustrated in the little narrative of Jink I hi in r. Little Jack Homer Sat in a comer Eating a Christmas pieĢ He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum— • And said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will he at once evident that the complacency of Little Jack arises, not from... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...in the little narrative of Jack Hurner. Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner Eating a christraas pief He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum — And said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will be at once evident that the complacency of Little Jack arises, not from... | |
| England - 1835 - 1022 pages
...questioning seems to imply that he would be a mouthpiece. He is, beyond dispute, " The Little Jack Homer That sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie, He put in his Thumb, And he pull'd out a plum. And said what a good boy am I." This is certainly Lord John Russell; be is clearly... | |
| Robert Huish - Arctic regions - 1835 - 800 pages
...September, 1831 :— The great Capt. Ross, Both haughty and cross, Was eating his pudding and pie,He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said what a great fool am I. We may perhaps have given to this anecdote a higher degree of embellishment than its... | |
| Great Britain - 1836 - 388 pages
...historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who — " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmns pic ; He put in his thumb. And pulled out a plum. And said—' what a brave boy am I !' " Touched by the intelligence and amir able self-glorification eternized in this... | |
| Robert Huish - Northwest Passage - 1836 - 844 pages
...September, 831 :— The great Capt. Ross, Both haughty and cross, Was eating his pudding and pie, He pat in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said what a great fool am I. We may perhaps have given to this anecdote a higher de " embellishment than its merits... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1837 - 398 pages
...denominated by his historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who— " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said — ' what a brave boy am I !'" Touched by the intelligence and amiable self-glorification eternized in this simple... | |
| Frederick Marryat - Poor children - 1840 - 484 pages
...muslin. Well, we'll see. He'll be wanting his dinner; I only wish he may get it " Little Jack Homer sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb and pull'd out a plum, And cried, what a good boy am 1 J " 'Good boy am II' good-for-nothing brat, just... | |
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