| James Bell - 1824 - 214 sider
...i '. ,; I saw a comet drop down hail , . •; -., I saw a cloud beset with ivy round I saw a mighty oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I saw the sea brimful of ale -.-...' I saw a Venice glass full fifteen fathoms deep I saw a well full of... | |
| Eliza Leslie - 1831 - 336 sider
...Dutch doll. THIRTY-FIFTH. Perform the Dumb Orator. THMTr-SIXTH. ilepeat the list of WONDERFUL SIGHTS. I saw a peacock with a fiery tail, I saw a blazing comet pour down hail, I saw a cloud all wrapp'd with ivy round, I saw a lofty oak creep on the ground, I... | |
| Charles P. Bronson - 1845 - 438 sider
...л peacock with n firry tail I saw a blazing star that dropt down hail 1 saw nclcritd begin with ivy round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I saw tin; brackish tea brim full of ale I saw a phial glass sixteen yard« deep I saw a u'ell full of men's... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 sider
...и peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing star that dropt down hail I saw a cloud begirt with ivy round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I sa%v the brackish sea brim full of ale I saw a phial glass sixteen yards deep I saw a well full of... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 sider
...know. 844. The following lines afford a good exercise, in the placing and use of the grammatical pause. I saw a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing star that dropt down hail I saw ticloud begirt with ivy round saw a sturdy oak creep on the irround... | |
| 1846 - 266 sider
...five, Custom gives seven, Laziness takes nine, And Wickedness eleven. 476. [Mind your punctuation.] I SAW a peacock with a fiery tail, I saw a blazing comet drop down hail, I saw a cloud wrapped with ivy round, I saw an oak creep upon the ground, I saw a pismire swallow up a whale, I saw... | |
| 1846 - 300 sider
...Custom gives seven! Laziness takes nine, And Wickedness eleven. CCCCLXXXV. [Mind your punctuation !] I SAW a peacock with a fiery tail, I saw a blazing comet drop down hail, I saw a cloud wrapped with ivy round, I saw an oak creep upon the ground, I saw a pismire swallow up a whale, I saw... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 sider
...feast, I met wi' an ugly beast — • Ten tails, a hunder nails, And no a fit but ane. — A ship. I saw a peacock with a fiery tail, I saw a blazing comet pour down hail, I saw a cloud wrapt with ivy round, I saw an oak creeping on the ground, I saw a pismire... | |
| Lydia Maria Child - 1853 - 434 sider
...Doll. THIRTY-FIFTH. — Perform the dumb orator. THIRTY-SIXTH. — Repeat the list of WONDERFUL SIGHTS. I saw a peacock with a fiery tail, I saw a blazing comet pour down hail, I saw a cloud all wrapp'd with ivy round, I saw a lofty oak creep on the ground, I... | |
| 1855 - 902 sider
...punctuation is the sense of composition. How many of our young readers can punctuate it as it should be done? I saw a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing star that dropped down hail I saw a cloud begirt with ivy round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground... | |
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