 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...So, turning to his horse, he said— I am in haste to dine ; Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech and...most loud and clear } Whereat his horse did snort, as heHad heard a lion roar, * And gallop'd off with all his might,, As he had done before. Ji 1- THE DivtRTlSG... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah ! luckless speech, and bootless OF JOHN GILPIN. For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud...his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first, For why? —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid foll dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort,... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...Ware. So turning to»bis horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. . Ah, luckless speech,...horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...So turning: to his horse, he said, " I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah ! luckless speech,...full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass, Did amp: most loud and clear : . Whereat his hor« did sncrt, as if • , He heard », lion roar ; And... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...horse, he said, I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back tor mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For...while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and ciear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might,... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1815 - 356 pages
...turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall 90 back for mine. Ah luckless speech, and bootless boast...spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and- clear ; 334 THE HISTORY Or Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine : 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and...snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd oft" with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig;... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...So turning to his horse, he said, " 1 am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah ! luckless speech,...most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...Ah, luckless speech, and hootless hoast! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a hraying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done hefore. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
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And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. 
