 And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered; And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny...  Punch - Page 2511849Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats,brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers,...Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...Piper of Hamelin.' We cannot refrain from an extract. ' Out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens : Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Followed the Piper for their lives Until they came... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...grumbliiig ; And the grumbling grow to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - American periodicals - 1860 - 794 pages
...And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling : Qrcat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats,...grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friakcrs, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...rambling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling : Great rats, small rate, lean rats, brawny rate, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave...plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, eousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1873 - 586 pages
...brawny rats, Brown rats, black ruts, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young pickers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the piper for their lives. From street... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Cocking tails, and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.' From street... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young pickers, fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Curling... | |
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