 | William Cowper - 1785 - 184 pages
...not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit— .* My head is twice as big as yours, •* They therefore needs muft fit •-« 'But let me fcrape the dirt away « That hangs about your face ; * And flop and eat—... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up ; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit — '' My head is twice as big as yours, " They therefore needs muft fit. •• But " But let me fcrape the dirt away " That hangs about your face ; " And flop and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1785 - 652 pages
...much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. " He held them up¿ and in hïs turn Thus fhow'd his ready wit— ' My head is twice as big as yours¿ They therefore needs muft fit. " But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs about your face : And flop and eat— for well... | |
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turii Thus fhow'd his ready wit, —My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And flop and eat, for well you... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...much the \wjrfe for wear, * Each comely in its kind. He He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And ftop and eat, for well you... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And ftop and eat, for well you... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 268 pages
...not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus fliew'd his ready wit : My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But [ *5 3 But let rile ftrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And flop and cat,... | |
 | 1795 - 94 pages
...kind. He held them up, and in his turn, Thus shew'd his ready wit, My:head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit, But let me scrape the...in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, Arid all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...not much the worfc for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his tur« Thus Ihcw'd his ready wit: My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs upen your face; And flop and eat, for well you... | |
 | Children's stories - 1797 - 350 pages
...wear, Each comely in its kind. . -. • He held them up, and, in his turn, ' .. • ',• Thus fhew'd his ready wit— " My head is twice as big as yours, " They, therefore, needs muft fit. , . . . " But let me fcrape the dirt away ** That hangs upon your face ; " And flop and eat... | |
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And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. 
