 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 páginas
...smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, Fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried...down, as needs he must, Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 páginas
...gailM him in his seat. So, Fair and softly ! John he cried; But John he eried in vain, That trot beeame a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | 1840 - 378 páginas
...smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Wkich gall'd him in his seat. So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 páginas
...smoother road Beneath his well shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. " His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1905 - 516 páginas
...else to do, At length must needs forsake His role of looker-on, to put The clutch in by mistake ! " So, fair and softly ! " John, he cried, But John he cried in vain ; The car began to move as though 'Twould never stop again. And fast and faster grew the pace : For,... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 páginas
...So, "Fair and softly," John he cri»«d. But John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon, So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...smoother road Beneath hi« well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. their advantages. If he that shared the danger enjoyed...years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of m ! FROH 1780 CYCLOPAEDIA OF TILL THE PRESENT IIMÍX Hie horse, which never in that sort Had handled... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. are commonly fellows of much ii.irth and little thought,...fire, and burnt to the -•H'und ; I was carried ou hie hands, And eke with all his might. H is horse, which »ever in that sort Had handled been before,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 páginas
...smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which gall'd him in his seat. So, " Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he...down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 páginas
...smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So " Fair and softly," John he cried ; But John he...his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, which never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more... | |
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So, Fair and softly ! John he cried ; But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. 
