 O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower; Black beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle flies, And Moths were of no small account in his eyes; An "Industrious Flea" he'd by no means despise, While an "Old Daddy-long-legs...  Bentley's Miscellany - Pagina 3081843Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1813 - 410 pagine
...the name and the fame Of the Knight and his Dame, Were everywhere hailed with the loudest acclaim. Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of very contemplative mood,— He would pore by the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 466 pagine
...cheer more 1 All sorts of pleasure, and no sort of pain To Sir Thomas the Good and the fair Lady Jane ! Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was...Blue-bottle Flies, And Moths were of no small account ia his eyes ; An "Industrious Flea" he'd by no means despise, While an " Old Daddy-long-legs," whose... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pagine
...cheer more ! All sorts of pleasure, and no sort of pain To Sir Thomas the Good and the fair Lady Jane 1 Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was...; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle Flics, And Moths were of no small account in his eyes ; An " Industrious Flea " he'd by no means despise,... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 400 pagine
...Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of a very contemplative mood,— He would pore hy the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that...come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees,—Blue-bottle flies, And Moths were of no small account in his eyes ; An " Industrious... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 394 pagine
...— —All sorts of pleasure, and no sort of pain To Sir Thomas the Good, and the Fair Lady Jane !! Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was...man of a very contemplative mood,— He would pore hy the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1854 - 504 pagine
...cheer more ! All sorts of pleasure, and no sort of pain Io Sir Thomas the Good and the fair Lady Jane! Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was...hour O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawlmg ont after a shower; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blns-bottls Flies, And Moths were of... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pagine
...description, from the popular side, of the untoward tastes of scientific persons, is contained in the lines : He would pore by the hour o'er a weed or a flower. Or the slues that come crawling out after a shower ; Black beetles, and bumble-bees — blue-bottle flies,... | |
 | Drawing-room sibyl - 1855 - 464 pagine
...Prom his forehead living truth. Charles Mackay. 88 He's a man of a very contemplative mood ; He Will pore by the hour O'er a weed, or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black beetles and humble-bees, blue-bottle flies, And moths, are of no small account in his eyes... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1856 - 432 pagine
...—All sorts of pleasure, and no sort of pain To Sir Thomas the Good, and the Fair Lady Jane! ! • Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of very contemplative mood,— He would pore by the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come... | |
 | Richard Harris Barham - 1856 - 442 pagine
...— —All sorts of pleasure, and no sort of pain To Sir Thomas the Good, and the Fair Lady Jane ! ! Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of very contemplative mood, — He would pore by the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that... | |
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