 | American poetry - 1918 - 2030 pages
...Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so, betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Education - Education - 1918 - 644 pages
...A very good general is he, But when he sees General Pershing, No more Von Hindenburg there will be. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So in these times of war, They lick the platter clean. Uncle Sammie had a soldier, Placed a gun upon... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Education - Public schools - 1918 - 180 pages
...very good general is he, But when lie sees General Pcrshing, No more Von Hindenburg there will be. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So in these times of war, They lick the platter clean. Uncle Sanimie had a soldier, Placed a gun upon... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - Animals - 1919 - 286 pages
...I will. That. The poor are seldomer sick for Want of Food, than the Rich are by the excess of it. I JACK SPRAT could eat no Fat His Wife could eat no Lean; And so betwixt them both, They licked the Platter clean. MAXIM. Better go to Bed supperless, than rise in... | |
 | Fergus Reddie - 1919 - 128 pages
...another gird at ye, Goody Horner! She maketh out thy son to be a glutton! MOTHER G. (With accompaniment) Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So they made a compact 'twixt the two, And licked the platter clean ! GOODY H. Take comfort to thyself... | |
 | James Langdon Hill - Clergy - 1920 - 298 pages
...husband, in the estimation of the boys she was not to her well-known husband a companion character. "Jack Sprat could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean." Young eyes are sharply drawn to persons so dissimilar in their tastes. Children are quick to see that... | |
 | Bunford Samuel - Constitutional law - 1920 - 416 pages
...Wm. Shippen. By T. Balch. t Vide "Commercial Advertiser," Monday, October 2, 1797 ; "The Tickler." "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean," so they lived happily forever afterward, not quarrelling for the choice bits. Even a German (nay, two... | |
 | James Hiram Fassett - Readers (Primary) - 1921 - 168 pages
...said, "I will not eat you, Dog Tom, if you will give me the big bone." 61 between two they platter Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so between the two, you see, They left the platter clean. Jack Sprat ate all the lean; His wife ate all... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - Children - 1921 - 718 pages
...fell down, and broke his crown, 49 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. So Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. S1 Knock at the door, (forehead) And peep... | |
 | Jean Broadhurst - Children's poetry - 1921 - 80 pages
...also, should your wife. Unless you change, soon sick you'll be And shortly leave this life. JACK SPRAT Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So twixt them both they cleared the cloth, And left the platter clean. Little bricks of habits Laid... | |
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Jack Sprat could eat no fat, / His wife could eat no lean; / And so between them both, you see, / They licked the platter clean. 
