| Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 páginas
...nay, my little girl," quoth he, " It was a famous victory ; " And every body praised the duke, Who such a fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ?" Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he ; " But 'twas a famous victory." SOUTHEY.... | |
| Robert Southey - 1858 - 534 páginas
...— nay — my little girl, quoth he, It was a famous victory. XI. And everybody praised the Duke Who such a fight did win. But what good came of it at last ? — Quoth little Peterkin. Why that I cannot tell, said he, But 'twas a famous victory. ST. ROMUALD.... | |
| Mrs. Charles J. Proby - 1859 - 368 páginas
...things like that, you know, mutt be After a famous victory. * * * * And every body praised the Duke Who such a fight did win." " But what good came of it at last f " Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he, But 'twas a famous victory!" SOUTHEY.... | |
| George Hunt Clark - 1860 - 212 páginas
...for your special benefit Will pass around the hat! MONTEREY. "And every body praised the chief Who such a fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Petcrkin. "Why that I cannot tell," said he, " But t'wos a fomons victory ! " NEWS of... | |
| George Hunt Clark - 1860 - 202 páginas
...for your special benefit Will pass around the hat! 38 MONTEREY. "And every body praised the chief Who such a fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why that I cannot tell," said he, " But t'was a famous victory ! " NEWS of... | |
| Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1861 - 388 páginas
...lame conclusion, about the " famous victory " of Blenheim — when " Everybody praised the Duke, Who such a fight did win; But what good came of it, at last ? Quoth little Peterkin. Why, that I cannot tell, said he ; But, 'twas a famous victory." Surely such... | |
| George Alfred Lawrence - 1862 - 276 páginas
...were rather unsatisfactory; much in the style of old Caspar's reminiscences about Blenheim : — ' Why that I cannot tell," quoth he ; ' But, 'twas a famous victory." Perhaps there was no real reserve or affectation about it ; one's waking recollections of a midnight... | |
| Playtime - 1863 - 436 páginas
...Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, " It was a femous victory. " And everybody praised the Duke, Who such a fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ?" Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell/' said he, " But 'twas a famous victory." SOUTHEY.... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 páginas
...Nay — nay — my little girl, quoth ho, It was a famous victory. And everybody praised the Duke Who such a fight did win. But what good came of it at last? — Quoth little Peterkin. Why that I cannot tell, said he, "But 'twas a famous victory. REVENGE. THE... | |
| Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 páginas
...nay, my little girl," quoth he, " It was a famous victor)' ; " And every body praised the duke, Who such a fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ?" Quoth little Peterkin. " Why that I cannot tell," said he ; " But 'twas a famous victory." THE WOODCUTTER'S... | |
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