 | Raymond Blathwayt - 1917 - 450 pages
...you, mate," he said as he lazed away in the direction of his missing friend, humming to himself — ' Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no...between them both They licked the platter clean." An hour after I overheard the proprietor asking his little son if he had washed up the breakfast dishes.... | |
 | Counting-out rhymes - 188? - 80 pages
...rosy cheeks — oh, where ?" "Ho!" screamed the parrot, "now you see The punishment of jealousy !" JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so between them both, you see, . They licked the platter clean. "pUSSY-ÇAT, pussy-cat, where -*- have you been ? I've been... | |
 | John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood - Readers - 1917 - 168 pages
...tree To get some nuts for Sunday. Lem fell down, Lee broke his crown; They were both in bed on Monday. Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. Did you ever hear of them ? Cock Robin was killed by a sparrow. The little fly saw him die. The kite... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2030 pages
...Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so, betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Education - Education - 1918 - 644 pages
...A very good general is he, But when he sees General Pershing, No more Von Hindenburg there will be. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So in these times of war, They lick the platter clean. Uncle Sammie had a soldier, Placed a gun upon... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Education - Public schools - 1918 - 180 pages
...very good general is he, But when lie sees General Pcrshing, No more Von Hindenburg there will be. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So in these times of war, They lick the platter clean. Uncle Sanimie had a soldier, Placed a gun upon... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - Animals - 1919 - 286 pages
...I will. That. The poor are seldomer sick for Want of Food, than the Rich are by the excess of it. I JACK SPRAT could eat no Fat His Wife could eat no Lean; And so betwixt them both, They licked the Platter clean. MAXIM. Better go to Bed supperless, than rise in... | |
 | Fergus Reddie - 1919 - 128 pages
...another gird at ye, Goody Horner! She maketh out thy son to be a glutton! MOTHER G. (With accompaniment) Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So they made a compact 'twixt the two, And licked the platter clean ! GOODY H. Take comfort to thyself... | |
 | Bunford Samuel - Constitutional law - 1920 - 416 pages
...Wm. Shippen. By T. Balch. t Vide "Commercial Advertiser," Monday, October 2, 1797 ; "The Tickler." "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean," so they lived happily forever afterward, not quarrelling for the choice bits. Even a German (nay, two... | |
 | James Langdon Hill - Clergy - 1920 - 298 pages
...husband, in the estimation of the boys she was not to her well-known husband a companion character. "Jack Sprat could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean." Young eyes are sharply drawn to persons so dissimilar in their tastes. Children are quick to see that... | |
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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. 
