 Ware ! So, turning to his horse, he said — I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing...  Poems - Strana 393autor/autoři: William Cowper - 1800 - 420 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 str.
...boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gailop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 str.
...speech, and bootless OF JOHN GILPIN. For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first, For why? —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 str.
...boast ! For which he paid fnll dear; For, while he'spake, a braying ass Did sing most lond and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion...sooner than at first, For why ?— they were too big. Kow mistress Gilpin, when she saw Her hnsband posting down Into the conntry far away, She pnll'd ont... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 str.
...braying ass, Did amp: most loud and clear : . Whereat his hor« did sncrt, as if • , He heard », lion roar ; And gallop'd off' with all his might,...sooner than at first ; For why > They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife, when she had see* Her husband posting down Into the country, far away, She pull'd out... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 str.
...boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear . Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 str.
...Did sing most loud and ciear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Qilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig, He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? — they were... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 356 str.
...paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and- clear ; 334 THE HISTORY Or Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As be had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig : He lost them sooner than... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 str.
...boast! For which he paid full dear ; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd oft" with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig;... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 str.
...while he spake a braying ass, Did sing most loud and clear : Whereat his horse did snort, as if He heard a lion roar ; And gallop'd off with all his...sooner than at first ; For why ? They were too big. Now Gilpin's wife when she had seen Her husband posting down Into the country, far away, She pull'd out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 str.
...he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heaid a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Went Gilpin's hat and wig: lie lost them sooner than at first; For why ?—they were too big. Now mistress... | |
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