 At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see,...  Getting on in the World - Page 335de William Mathews - 1874 - 365 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once, and nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss-shay. Logic is logie. That's all I say. OW HOLMES. THE COURTIN.' / 1... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 pages
...mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground 1 You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once, and nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-boss shay. Logic is logic. That 's all I say. AESTIVATION. AN UNPUBLISHED... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once — All at once, and nothing first — Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. NEW. [The Her. lui.ru Hon, a... | |
 | Mary Murdoch Mason - 1875 - 206 pages
...rate it trembled ; the cup, the saucer, the coffee, the spoon, followed a well known precedent, and " went to pieces all at once;" " all at once and nothing first just as bubbles do when they burst." And so alas ! did the conversation, and that burst a beautiful bubble Norman had just blown. Damages... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 444 pages
...mound, As if it bad been to the mill and ground I You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, Hor it went to pieces all at once, — All at once, and nothing first, — Just as bubbles do wheu they burst. End of the wonderful one-boss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. 1 think there... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...at once, — 1 M>THERB!* sAID THE DEACON, 'NAOW sHE'LL DEW!'" — Page a OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 223 All at once, and nothing first. Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logie. That's all I say. THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIs... | |
 | Mary Murdoch Mason - 1875 - 194 pages
...saucer, the coffee, the spoon, followed a well known precedent, and "went to pieces all at once;1' " all at once and nothing first just as bubbles do when they burst." And so alas ! did the conversation, and that burst a beautiful bubble Norman had just blown. Damages... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - 458 pages
...mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once — All at once, and nothing first — Just as bubbles do when they burst. — End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That's all I say. 0. W. flolma. Warren's Address.... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once — All at once, and nothing first — Just as bubbles do when they burst. — End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is Logic. That's all I say. ALL OF THEM. WITH head erect,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground ' You sec, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once, and nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. End of the wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. That 's all I say. OLIVER WBXDELL HOLUBS. 830 881... | |
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