 | 1897 - 726 str.
...a few quotations in order of increasing difficulty. The first is the conclusion of a nursery tale : "The stick began to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the pig, the pig jumped over the stile, and so the old woman got home that night." Cause and effect. Comment would... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 300 str.
...began to burn the stick ; The stick began to beat the dog ; The dog began to bite the pig ; The pig jumped over the stile, And so the old woman got home that night. 'TPHIS is the key of the kingdom. 1 In that kingdom there is a city. In that city there is a town.... | |
 | George Frederick Stout - 1899 - 686 str.
...the ox, the ox began to drink the water, the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to burn the stick, the stick began to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the pig, the pig in a fright jumped over the stile, and so the old woman got home that night." In savage thought,... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1899 - 120 str.
...the ox, The ox began to drink the water, The water began to quench the fire, The fire began to burn the stick, The stick began to beat the dog, The dog began to bite the pig, And the pig began to go. But what time the old woman and her pig got home, you, nor I, nor nobody knows.... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender - 1899 - 136 str.
...the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to put out the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig, and the little white pig jumped over the stile. So the old woman did get home that night after all.... | |
 | Margaret Winifred Haliburton, Frank Turner Norvell - 1901 - 152 str.
...the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to put out the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig, in a great fright, jumped over the fence, and the old woman got home that night. 82 please new bed bring... | |
 | John G. Thompson, Thomas E. Thompson - 1902 - 228 str.
...the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig, and the little pig jumped over the stile. And the old woman got home that night after all. THE SONG... | |
 | Sarah E. Sprague - 1902 - 154 str.
...the ox, The ox began to drink the water, The water began to quench the fire, The fire began to burn the stick, The stick began to beat the dog, The dog began to bite the pig, And the pig began to go. MEMORY GEMS. Honor thy father and thy mother. —Bible. Dare to be true; nothing... | |
 | 1903 - 518 str.
...ox ; The ox began to drink the water ; The water began to quench the fire ; The fire began to burn the stick ; The stick began to beat the dog ; The dog began to bite the pig ; The pig jumped over the stile, And so the old woman got home that night. 1LOVE sixpence, pretty little... | |
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As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ;... 
