 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...last night And viewed it o'er by candlelight : I marked it well ; 'twas black as jet — You stare — but Sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." —...lay my life the thing is blue." — " And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." " Well then, at once to ease... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...night, And vicw'd it o'er by candle light : I mark'd it well — 'twas black as jet — You stare — but, Sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." —...Pray, Sir, do : I'll lay my life the thing is blue." " AnJ I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." 9. " Well then,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...w'ell — 'twas bla"ck/ as je't — " You sta're ! — but. Sirs', I've got it ye't, " And can produVe it" — " Pray, Sir', do' ; " Ill lay my life, the thing is blu"e." " And I'll be swo'rn, th'at, when you've see'n/ " The re'ptile/, youll pronounce him grAeen." " WeMl-then, at on'ce... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...last night, And view'd it o'er by candle-light ; I mark'd it well — 'twas black as jet. You stare ; but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." "...I'll lay my life, the thing is blue." " And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." " Well then, at once, to ease... | |
 | William Chambers - 1851 - 200 pages
...night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light ; I marked it well — 'twas black as jet — You stare — but sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." "...I'll lay my life the thing is blue." " And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." " Well, then, at once to ease... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...last night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well, 'twas black as jet — You stare— but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it.' —...I'll lay my life the thing is blue.' ' And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green.' ' Well, then, at once to ease... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light: I marked it well, 'twas black as jet— You stare—but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it.'—' Pray,...I'll lay my life the thing is blue.' ' And I'll be sworn that when yon've seen The reptile, yon'll pronounce him green. ' ' Well, then, at once to ease... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well, 'twa§ black as jet — You atare — but sire, des ; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are...And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save o eworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green.' 'Well, then, at once to ease... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 720 pages
...night, And view'd it o'er by candle light : I mark'd it well — 'twas black as jet — You stare — but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." —...sir, do : I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I am sure that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce bun green." " Well, then, at once to... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...(4) Umpire — one who decides any question proposed to him. (5) Pother — talk, noise or bustle. "And can produce it." — " Pray, sir, do : "I'll lay my life the thing is blue.;"— " And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen. "The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well then, at once to ease... | |
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I'll lay my life the thing is blue.' — . ' And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green.' ' Well, then, at once to ease the doubt,' Replies the man, ' I'll turn him out : And when before your eyes I've set him, If... 
