 The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like...  The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic ... - 6. oldalszerző: William Evans Burton - 1859Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William B. Cairns - 1909 - 520 oldal
...come down t'attack the town, In this new way of ferrying. The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scar'd almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread...others there, Like men almost distracted. ^ Some fire cry'd, which some denied, But said the earth had quaked; And girls and boys, with hideous noise, Ran... | |
 | Abby Willis Howes - 1909 - 196 oldal
...Supposing them to be some device of the rebels for entering the city, — " The soldiers flew, the sailors too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their...spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir." The Hartford Wits, a group of men in Hartford, Connecticut, wrote much in both prose and poetry. The... | |
 | New York State College of Agriculture - 1915 - 1354 oldal
...poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood And saw a thing surprising. The soldier flew, the sailor, too, And, scared almost...spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. The kegs, 'tis said, tho1 strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful... | |
 | Carl Holliday - 1912 - 328 oldal
...gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. • •••••• " Now up and down throughout...here and others there, Like men almost distracted. " ' Arise! Arise! ' Sir Erskine cries, ' The rebels — more's the pity, Without a boat are all afloat,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 702 oldal
...up like pickled herring; And they 're come down t' attack the town, In this new way of ferrying." 20 The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost...death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, Now up and down throughout the town «5 Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 oldal
...down t' attack the town, In this new way of ferrying." The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scar'd almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir, 1 Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1915 - 680 oldal
...down t'attack the town, 20 In this new way of ferrying. The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scar'd almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. 25 Now up and down throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 532 oldal
...up like pickled herring ; And they're come down to attack the town, In this new way of ferrying." 20 The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost...breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, 25 Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted.... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 410 oldal
...herring ; And they're come down to attack the town, In this new way of ferrying." 20 The soldier flow, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore...breath, sir. Now up and down throughout the town, crMost frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted.... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster - 1918 - 750 oldal
...they're come down t' attack the town. 40 FRANCIS HOPKINSON The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scar'd almost to death, sir. Wore out their shoes, to spread...others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cry'd, which some denied, But said the earth had quaked; 3» And girls and boys, with hideous noise,... | |
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