 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1842 - 554 pages
...celebrated " Jack Horner " thus figures in Latin by the aid of Francis Hodgson, STB " LITTLE JACK HORNER. "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. " QUOD FECERIT IOANNES HORNER. " ANGULUS in camera... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1842 - 576 pages
...thus figures in Latin by the aid of Francis Hodgson, STB " LITTLE JACK HORNER. " LITTLE Jack Homer 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. " Q.UOD FECERIT IOANNES HORNER. " ANGULUS in camera... | |
 | Richard Coe - Children's literature, American - 1852 - 180 pages
...day would be in the dark as to the important fact of "Who killed cock-robin?" r ''. CONTENTMENT. " Little Jack Horner, Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pull'd out a plum, . And said, ' What a good boy am I !' " No one, we presume, will attempt to deny... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Household words - 1853 - 504 pages
...selfishness, or greediness ? or, at best, it causes those vices to be regarded with leniency and levity : " Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie ! He put in his thumb, And he pull'd out a plum, And cried, ' What a good boy am I !' " , It may be said that the view he takes... | |
 | Adeline Dutton Train Whitney - 1860 - 140 pages
...holding in view, The old lady's discourse will undoubtedly "dew"! JACK HORNEE. " Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas Pie : He put in...his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, ' What a great boy am I ! '" AH, the world hath many a Homer, Who, seated in his corner, Finds a Christmas Pie... | |
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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, 
