 | English literature - 1843 - 590 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...is 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 merits... | |
 | 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 deserve... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1837 - 398 pages
...or, as he is familiarly denominated by his historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who— " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in...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 - English fiction - 1840 - 222 pages
...that little wretch heen here, — "Whether his mother would let him or no, Heigho, says Rowley." " Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb and pull'd out a plumb, And cried, what a good boy am 1 !" ' Good boy am I !' good-for-nothing brat, just... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1841 - 840 pages
...they should be. The men] corada recti is admirably illustrated in the little narrative of Jack Horner. Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas...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,... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...passion most — For if thou thus hast loved, oh never hope a cure ! BARBAULD. LITTLE JACK HOENER. LITTLE Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas...pie : He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And cried, ' What a good boy am I !' GAMMER GURTON. Sique tuum pectus contingat spesve metusve, Quse tibi... | |
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Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I! 
