| Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...them at break of day — And when the sun set — where were they? BYEON. THE RESTLESS OLD LADY. THERE was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink; And though victuals and drink were the chief of her diet, Yet this restless old lady could never keep... | |
| 1844 - 764 pages
...mansion, «iih u lull resolution ot couiiuunicaliug the whole uiluir to the Chancellor CHAPTER III. There was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived...victuals and drink : Victuals and drink were the chief ot her diet, And yet this old lady could never be quiet. Now the long shadows of the trees thntstretched... | |
| Lawrence Lovechild - Counting-out rhymes - 1847 - 118 pages
...said the farmer, I think you 're quite dead, And no more you 'll trouble the town, e-oh ! 48. rpHERE was an old woman, and what do you think ? She lived...drink : Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet, And yet this old woman could never be quiet. 49. T ITTLE Jack Homer sat in a corner, ^-* Eating his... | |
| Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - English fiction - 1847 - 314 pages
...so well satisfied in their situations, and will pass on a few hours. CHAPTER XLVII. There was an o]d woman, and what do you think ? She lived upon nothing...drink ; Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet, And yet this old woman could never be quiet. Nursery Rhyme. " MY dear," said Mr. Ward, putting in his... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - England - 1849 - 326 pages
...never again be reduced to your THE LONG LADDER. There was a young pickle, and what do you think ! He lived upon nothing but victuals and drink ; Victuals and drink were the chief of his diet, And yet this young pickle could never be quiet. ONE fine sultry day in the month of August,... | |
| English literature - 1854 - 634 pages
...eternally dissatisfied and unmanageable. In short it was the moral of the old nursery fable : There was an old woman, and what do you think ? She lived...but victuals and drink ; Victuals and drink were the whole of her diet, And yct this old womtu would NETEB be quiet. Is it possible, I wonder, that there... | |
| William Jackson - 1851 - 740 pages
...I'm going to Miss Walton then,' he answered, skipping out of the house, singing in his way, ' There was an old woman, and what do you think ? She lived...drink ; Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet, And yet this old woman could never be quiet.' ' I think I'm like the old woman,' he apostrophized himself,... | |
| Cam river - English poetry - 1851 - 380 pages
...pourest in her ear Lays, thou art never tired To sing, nor she to hear. Anon. SAnqutEt ©Ш ILatig. THERE was an old woman, and what do you think? She lived...drink! Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet, And yet this old woman could never keep quiet. ARUNDINES CAMI. go Folumm. INGKMINA magicum, volucer... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps - 1853 - 372 pages
...[The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery history of Mother Hubbanl.j THERE was an old woman, and what do you think ? She lived...Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet; This tiresome old woman could never be quiet. She went to the baker, to buy her some bread, And when she... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1854 - 390 pages
...eternally dissatisfied and unmanageable. In short it was the moral of the old nursery fable: There was an old woman, and what do you think ? She lived upon nothing but victuals and driuk ; Victuals and drink were tlie whole of her diet, And yet this old woman would NEVER be quiet.... | |
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