 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...nail. A shield and a helmet, a buckler and spear, Weighed less than a widow's uncrystallized tear. A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee...swinging from thence, Weighed less than some atoms of candour and sense ; — A first-water diamond, with brilliants begirt, Than one good potatoe just washed... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1838 - 242 pages
...armor worn upon the left arm to protect the body. Weighed less than a widow's uncrystallized tear— A Lord and a Lady, went up at full sail, , When a...balance, and swinging from thence, Weighed less than a few grains of 'candor, and sense ; A first water diamond, with brilliants 'begirt, Than one good... | |
 | Gething - 1838 - 426 pages
...plough. A sword, with gilt trappings, rose up in the scale, Though balanced by only a tenpenny nail. A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee...counsellors wigs full of powder and curl, — All heap'd in one balance, and swinging from thence, Weigh'd less than some atoms of candour and sense... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...A shield and a helmet, a buckler and spear, Weighed bss than a widow's uncrystallized tear — 10. A Lord and a Lady went up at full sail, When a Bee...Doctors, ten Lawyers, two Courtiers, one Earl, Ten Counsellor's Wigs, full of powder and curl, All heaped in one balance, and swinging from thence, Weighed... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...plough. A sword, with gilt trappings, rose up in the scale, Though balanced by only a tenpenny nail. A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee...doctors, ten lawyers, two courtiers, one earl, — Ten counselor's wigs full of powder and curl, — All heaped in one balance, and swinging from thence,... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...scale, A shield and a helmet, a buckler and spear, Weighed less than a widow's uncrystallized tear. A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee chanced to light on the opposite scale. 10. A dozen quack doctors, two courtiers, one earl, Ten counsellors' wigs full of powder and cur),... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 pages
...plow ; A sword, with gilt trappings, rose up in the scale, Though balanced by only a ten-penny nail ; A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee chanced to light on the opposite scale. 6. Ten doctors, ten lawyers, two courtiers, one earl, — Ten counselors' wigs full of powder and curl,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 pages
...plough. A sword with gilt trappings rose up in the scale, Though balanced by only a tenpenny nail. 7. A lord and a lady went up at full sail When a bee...Weighed less than some atoms of candor and sense. •&• 8. A first-water diamond, with brilliants begirt, Than one good potato just washed from the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...plow ; A sword, with gilt trappings, rose up in the scale, Though balanced by only a ten-penny nail ; A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee chanced to light on the opposite scale. 8. Ten doctors, ten lawyers, two courtiers, one earl, — Ten counselors' wigs full of powder and curl,-... | |
 | 1744 - 596 pages
...tenpeuny nail. A shield and a helmet, a buckler and spear, Weigh'd less than a widow's uncrystaliz'd tear. A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee chanc'd to light in the opposite scale. Ten doctors, ten lawyers, ten courtiers, one earl, Ten counsellor's... | |
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A lord and a lady went up at full sail, When a bee chanced to light on the opposite scale; Ten doctors, ten lawyers, two courtiers, one earl, Ten counsellors... 
