 | John Greenleaf Adams, Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Christian life - 1847 - 284 pages
...other toils forsook, And though no vagrant man was he, He lived by " hook and crook." All day that fisherman would sit Upon an ancient log, And gaze into the water, like Some sedentary frog. A cunning fisherman was he ; His angles all were right ; And when he scratched his aged poll, You 'd... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 pages
...other toils forsook ; And though no vagrant man was he, He lived by " hook and crook." All day that fisherman would sit Upon an ancient log, And gaze into the water, like Some sedentary frog. A cunning fisherman was he ; His angles all were right ; And, when he scratched his aged poll, You... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - American poetry - 1853 - 200 pages
...learned the art to ' bob' For any thing but eels ! A cunning fisherman was he, His angles all were right; The smallest nibble at his bait Was sure to...the seeming innocence, And that unconscious look, To charm the fish he never spoke, — Although his voice was fine, He found the most convenient way... | |
 | Humorous recitations - 1853 - 404 pages
...other toils forsook ; And though no vagrant man was he, He lived by " liaok and crook." All day that fisherman would sit Upon an ancient log, And gaze into the water, like Some sedentary frog. A cunning fisherman was he ; His angles all were right ; And, when he scratched his aged poll, You'd... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1855 - 198 pages
...learned the art to ' bob ' For any thing but eels ! A cunning fisherman was he, His angles all were right ; . The smallest nibble at his bait Was sure...the seeming innocence, And that unconscious look, To charm the fish he never spoke, —= Although his voice was fine, He found the most convenient way... | |
 | P. A. Fitzgerald - Elocution - 1855 - 296 pages
...fashion's gilded wheels, He ne'er had learned the art to "bob* For anything but eels ! All day tin's fisherman would sit Upon an ancient log, And gaze...other people often wear When they intend to "hook I" To charm the fish he never spoke,— Although his voice was fine, He found the mcst convenient way... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1856 - 204 pages
...learned the art to ' bob' For any thing but eels ! A cunning fisherman was he, His angles all were right; The smallest nibble at his bait Was sure to...the seeming innocence, And that unconscious look, To charm the fish he never spoke, — Although his voice was fine, He found the most convenient way... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...— I knew him passing well — Who dwelt hard by a little pond, Within a little dell. All day that fisherman would sit Upon an ancient log, And gaze into the water, like Some sedentary frog. A cunning fisherman was he : His angles all were right ; And, when he scratched his aged poll, You'd... | |
 | Charles Northend - Orators - 1856 - 276 pages
...short, this honest fisherman All other toils forsook ; And, though no vagrant man was he, All day that fisherman would sit Upon an ancient log, And gaze into the water, like Some sedentary frog. A cunning fisherman was he ; His angles all were right; And, when he scratched his aged poll, You 'd... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1857 - 328 pages
...learned the art to " bob" For any thing but eels ! A cunning fisherman was he, His angles all were right ; The smallest nibble at his bait Was sure to...water, like Some sedentary frog ; With all the seeming mnocence, And that unconscious look, That other people often wear When they intend to " hook !" To... | |
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To charm the fish he never spoke, — Although his voice was fine, He found the most convenient way Was just to drop a line. 
