| Edward Pearson Moses - Readers - 1895 - 116 pages
...the hill To get a pail of water. Jack fell down And broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. Jack Sprat could eat no fat; His wife could eat no lean ; So, betwixt them both, you see, They left the platter clean. Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To... | |
| Andrew Lang - Animals - 1897 - 320 pages
...thee, And I will talk with thee ! J ACK in the pulpit, out and in, Sold his wife for a minikin pin. ACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean : And so, betwixt them both, you see, They lick'd the platter clean. BESSY BELL and Mary Gray, They were two... | |
| Medicine - 1912 - 922 pages
...sugar; Louis XIV had grand manners, but he preferred the odor of cat's urine to that of the red rose. "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean." Idiosyncrasy may not be the star performer, but it certainly plays an important role in the therapeutic... | |
| A. Mauron, Paul Verrier - 1901 - 482 pages
...at five; He that bas thriven May lie till seven. Who will not keep a pen'ny Will never hâve many. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so between them both, you see, They licked thé platter clean. Will you hâve some roastbeef? I think... | |
| Elizabeth Jane Rook - Amusements - 1903 - 226 pages
...himself with the curds and whey, while Miss Muffet is only an outline in the dim distance. JACK SPRAT Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both yon see, The platter kept quite clean. On milk and force they did exist And even... | |
| Wilhelm Viëtor - 1904 - 352 pages
...Would you know the reason why? He follows his nose wherever he goes, And that stands all awry. 5 28. JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. 10 29. POOR old Robinson Crusoe ! Poor old... | |
| Robert Ford - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1904 - 310 pages
...curds and whey ; There came a great spider And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. Little Tom Tucker Sang for his supper. What... | |
| Nursery rhymes - 1904 - 140 pages
...forgot. Get you gone Maxim* Intemperance is Attended with difeafes, and idlenefs with poverty. JACK JACK Sprat Could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And fo betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean. Maxim. Better to go to bed fupperlefs, tian rife... | |
| Children's poetry - 1905 - 122 pages
...Cast your plaids, draw your blades, Forward each man set ! Pibroch of Donnel Dhu, now for the onset! Jack Sprat could eat no fat ; His wife could eat no lean ; So 'twixt them both they cleared the cloth, And lick'd the platter clean. There was a little boy... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Children's poetry - 1907 - 276 pages
...to milk my cow." " Shall I go with thee? " " No, not now; When I send for thee, then come thou." r Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so, betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. r Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife... | |
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