Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips; Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel... American Wit and Humor - Página 2401907Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 406 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top,...That was the way he " put her through." — " There 1 " said the Deacon, " naow shell lew . " Do I tel you, \ rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top,...tanner died. That was the way he "put her through." — 4. There !" said the Deacon, " naow she'll dew." Do ! I tell you, I rather guess ; ' She was a... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 350 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top,...tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." — " Therel " said the Deacon, " naow she 'l1 dew." Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 436 páginas
...tanner died. That was the way he " put her through." — " There ! " said the Deacon, " naow she '11 dew." Do ! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder,...less ! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon aad deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they? But there stood the stout... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 396 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top,...and nothing less ! Colts grew horses, beards turned grey, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren— where were they 1 But there... | |
| John Hamer - 1883 - 334 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top,...and nothing less ! Colts grew horses, beards turned grey, Deacon and deaconess dropped away, Children and grandchildren — where were they ? But there... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 354 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top,...she'll dew. " Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wondej:, and nothing less! Colts grew horses, beards turned gray, Deacon and deaconess dropped away,... | |
| George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 530 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue ; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top,...through." " There ! " said the deacon, " naow she'll dew I " Do ! Ill tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less. Colts grew horses, beards... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 páginas
...axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and lips, wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found...*' put her through." — " There!" said the Deacon, "naowshe'll dew!" Do! I tell you, I rather guess She was a wonder, and nothing less! Colts grew horses,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 434 páginas
...prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue j Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide ; Boot, top,...the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he u put her through." — " There ! " said the Deacon, (t naow she '11 dew." Do ! I tell you, I rather... | |
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