 Beside," quoth the Mayor, with a knowing wink, "Our business was done at the river's brink; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something...  Estimations in Criticism - Página 273por Walter Bagehot - 1908Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink; [sink, We saw with our eyes the vermin And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend,...spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke, V ^= — •- - .. . Besides, our losses have made us thrifty ; A thousand guilders! Come, take fifty!"... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1850 - 652 páginas
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 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 páginas
...! " Beside," quoth the Mayor with a knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; " We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, " And what's...to shrink " From the duty of giving you something to drink, " And a matter of money to put in your poke ; " Bat, as for the guilders, what we spoke "... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 páginas
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink : We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something to drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke ; But as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them,... | |
 | 302 páginas
...yellow ! " Beside," quoth the Mayor, with a knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; "We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, " And what's...we're not the folks to shrink "From the duty of giving yon something for drink, " And a matter of money to put in your poke; " But, as for the guilders, what... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 436 páginas
...! " Beside," quoth the Mayor with a knowing wink. " Our business was done at the river's brink ; " We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, " And what's...your poke ; " But, as for the guilders, what we spoke " Beside, our losses have made us thrifty ; " A thousand guilders ! Come, take fifty ! " The piper's... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 páginas
...! " Besides," quoth the mayor, with a knowing wink, " Our Business was done at the river's brink ; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead...folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something to drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke ; But as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them,... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 páginas
...yellow! " Besides," quoth the mayor, with a knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead...folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something to drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke; But as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them,... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 páginas
...life, I think : So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something to drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke ;...spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. Besides, our losses have made us thrifty ;— A thousand guilders ! Come, take fifty !" The piper's... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 páginas
...the Mayor, with a knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; 94 THE SCIIOOL-GlItL'S We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead...spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke — Besides, our losses have made us thrifty ; A thousand guilders ! come, take fifty ! " The Piper's... | |
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