 Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM.  Notes and Queries - Страница 1161898Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 страница
...THOUGHT LIKE ? Why is a Pump like V — sc — nt C — stl — r-gh? Answ. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A... | |
 | 1849 - 396 страница
...his oracular lips without a moment's hesitation, and replied, — " Because it is an awkward thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! " But of all these fireside... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1852 - 620 страница
...' Why is a pump like V — sc — nt C — stl — r — gh? Answer. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood!' Moore, as an Irishman, was... | |
 | 1855 - 324 страница
...opened his oracular lips without a moment's hesitation, and replied — Because it is an awkward thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, an^ spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! But of all these fireside... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 720 страница
...LIKET t,)nrst — Why is a Pump like Viscount CASTLEREAOR ? Anno. — Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, FROM THE FRENCH. Of all the men ono meets about, There 's none like... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1859 - 606 страница
...Quest. "Why is a Pump like V — so — nt C — stl — r — gh ? Answ. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM. DtALOGUE BETWEEN A... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 778 страница
...LIKE? Quest. War is a Pump like V— sc— nt C— stl— r-gh? Afisw. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spot t away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! 4 One of those antediluvian... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 страница
...Like? of poor Tommy Moore — Why is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh ? Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood.' Nor was the young gentleman... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 страница
...LIKE ? Quest. Why is a pump like V-sc — nt C-stl-r — gh ? Ansii: Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A... | |
 | 1863 - 830 страница
...replies to a question, Why is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh ?— " Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood." Charles Lamb, one of the... | |
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