 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 300 pages
...boy, "What shall we do?" Says the little boy to the little girl, "I will kiss you." cccxxvi. CCCXXVII. JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so, betwixt them both, you see, They lick'd the platter clean. CCCXXVIII. LITTLE Jack Dandy-prat was my... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 266 pages
...me ! She wears a straw bonnet, with white ribands on it, And dimity petticoats over her knee. 321. JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, you see, They lick'd the platter clean. 322. LITTLE Jack Dandy-prat was my first... | |
 | Lawrence Lovechild - Counting-out rhymes - 1847 - 118 pages
...So there was an end of one, two, and three, The rat, the mouse, and the little frogg-ee ! 55. TACK SPRAT could eat no fat, " His wife could eat no lean ; And so betwixt them both They lick'd the platter clean. 56. VH WAS once upon a time -*- when Jenny Wren was... | |
 | Dame Goslin (pseud.) - Children's rhymes - 1851 - 110 pages
...and wine, And Charley loves good brandy, And Charley loves a pretty girl, As sweet as sugar-candy. JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, you see, They lick'd the platter clean. LITTLE Dicky Dilver Had a wife of silver.... | |
 | Philip Paxton - American fiction - 1855 - 370 pages
...very fond of a plant. CHAPTER XIII. . SERIOUS THOUGHTS UPON MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES. " Jack Snrat, could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt them both, They licked the platter clean" A SMALL book may contain great wit, and secluded... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1858 - 362 pages
...occasion.] HEMP-SEED I set, Hemp-seed I sow, The young man that I love, Come after me and mow ! CCCCLXIV. JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; CCCCLXV. LITTLE Jack Dandy-prat was my first suitor; He had a dish and a spoon, and he'd some pewter... | |
 | Charles Henry Bennett - Drawing - 1858 - 82 pages
...and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. TACK Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could cat no lean ; And so between them both, They licked the platter clean. •" TSS me asleep, and kiss me awake, Kiss me for dear Willie's sake. \ \ I" 1TTLE Bo-peep has lost... | |
 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - Philosophy - 1864 - 520 pages
...negatives have their implied affirmatives. This happens from the earliest childhood : for example, Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And »o, betwixt them both, They licked the platter clean. How this arose we learn from the second verse,... | |
 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - Philosophy - 1864 - 518 pages
...negatives have their implied affirmative*. This happens from the earliest childhood : for example, Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And to, betwixt them both, They licked the platter clean. Bow this arose we leam from the second verse,... | |
 | Charles Henry Bennett - Children's poetry - 1866 - 86 pages
...fetch a pail of water ; Jack fell clown, and broke his ' crown, And Jill came tumbling after. TACK SPRAT ** could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean. K 1SS me asleep, and kiss me awake, Kiss me for Dear... | |
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Jack Sprat could eat no fat, / His wife could eat no lean; / And so between them both, you see, / They licked the platter clean. 
