There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another bush And scratched them in again. The Beginners Reading-book - Page 78by Eben Harlow Davis - 1889 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
| Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 586 pages
...Newington, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a quickset hedge, And scratched out both his eyes ; But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another hedge And scratched 'em in again. CCCCLXII. IF all the world was apple pie, And all the sea was ink,... | |
| John Mudge Merrick - Classical languages - 1874 - 148 pages
...Mi nubes — ultra I Si dices non Occidam te." Respondit illa " Due, si vis, me." IX. THE BLIND MAN. THERE was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise : He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might... | |
| 1910 - 728 pages
...been " wondrous wise " although He jumped into~a quickset hedge And scratched out both his eyes. But when he saw his eyes were out. With all his might and main He jumped into a barberry bush And scratched them in again. 13. St. Clare of Assisi. By the Rev. Leopold de Cheranc6,... | |
| 1875 - 592 pages
...men Couldn't put HumptyDumpty together again. and — Ride a cock-horse To Banbury Cross — and — There was a man in our town And he was wondrous wise, He fell into a gooseberry bush And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out He sorely... | |
| Truman Weed - Songbooks - 1875 - 114 pages
...LI—U-1.1 U- 1 = = ^ := = ±= ^ = ^ = 1. There was a man in oar town, And he was wondrous wise; 2. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He jumped in - to a He jumped in - to anT~r-^ bram- ble bush, He jumped in - to a bram - ble bush, And serateh'd... | |
| American Gas Light Association - Gas - 1897 - 450 pages
...be put straight. A little verse came to my mind in connection with this subject of advertising : " There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise ; He swore by all the heathen gods He ne'er would advertise. But his goods were advertised ere long, And... | |
| John B. Swasey - England - 1876 - 326 pages
...town Who thought himself so wise, He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes. But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another bush, And scratched them in again ! " This would seem to suggest that a conceited man, having committed an... | |
| John B. Swasey - England - 1876 - 322 pages
...town Who thought himself so wise, He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes. But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another bush, And scratched them in again ! " This would seem to suggest that a conceited man, ] laving committed... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1877 - 530 pages
...man ? Let me beg of you not to smile, because I am in real earnest : " There was a man of Thessaly, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble-bush,...his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He leapt into a quickset-hedge, And scratched them in again." That is the great model which I would set... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1877 - 532 pages
...man ? Let me beg of you not to smile, because I am in real earnest : " There was a man of Thessaly, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a bramble-bush....his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He leapt into a quickset-hedge, And scratched them in again." That is the great model which I would set... | |
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