 That there wasn'ta chance for one to start, For the wheels were just as strong as the thills, And the floor was just as strong as the sills And the panels just as strong as the floor, And the whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as...  Poets' Wit and Humour - Page 2541861 - 277 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...couldn't be, — for the Deacon's art Had made 'it so like in every part That there wasn'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...floor, And the whippletree neither less nor more, 13* And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...There couldn't be, — for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part That there wasn'ta chance for one to start For the wheels were just as strong as the thill*. And the floor was just as strong as the sills, And the panels just as strong as the floor,... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1859 - 432 pages
...There couldn't be, for the deacon's art Had made it so like in every part, That there wasn'ta chance for one to start ; For the wheels were just as strong...And the whippletree neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a н-Лo/e, it... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 446 pages
...There couldn't be — for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part, That there wasn'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring, and axle, and hub encore. And yet, a* a whole, it... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 328 pages
...could n't be, — for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part That there was n'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the whippletree neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it is... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...There could n't be, for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part That there was n'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the whippletree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And the spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...There could n't be, for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part That there was n'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the panels just as strong as the floor, And the whipplctrce neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And the spring and... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Calisthenics - 1864 - 434 pages
...could n't be — for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part That there was n'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring, and axle, and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1864 - 450 pages
...There couldn't be—for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part, That there wasn'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring, and axle, and hub encore. And yet, a* a whole, it... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...There could n't be, for the Deacon's art Had made it so like in every part That there was n'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong...And the whippletree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it is... | |
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