 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...  Curious myths of the Middle ages - Page 418by Sabine Baring Gould - 1874 - 660 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1849 - 564 pages
...of bacon, and cheese, and butter. Consider the many-sorted rats abo\mding in the Establishment, — "Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens of dozens." I And reflect on the consequence, if HER MAJESTY'S rat-catcher, ap| poiuted to rid the... | |
 | 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,...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...children's stories as the ' Pied Piper of Hamelin.' We cannot refrain from an extract. ' Out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean...tens and dozens : Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Followed the Piper for their lives Until they came to the river Weser, Wherein all plunged and perished... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1849 - 590 pages
...— "Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny raU, Drown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rat*, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers,...Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens of dozens." And reflect on the consequence, if HER MAJESTY'S rat-catcher, appointed to rid the state... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pages
...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...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...muttering grew to a 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... | |
 | 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...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing And step for step... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...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...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.' From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step... | |
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