 You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the...  The Literary World - Page 231870Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1858 - 734 pages
...William,' the young man said, ' And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head, — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? J " 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, We wish we could reproduce the whole, with... | |
 | Oak apples, D Y - Double-crostics - 1868 - 94 pages
...William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head ! Do you think at your age it- is right ?" ' y. ' She with her apron wiped the plates, And, as she rubbed the delf, Said, I might go to Jericho... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - Adventure and adventurers - 1869 - 212 pages
...father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain; But now that Pm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as... | |
 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - 1869 - 222 pages
...father William" the young man " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is..." In my youth," father William replied to his son, " 1 feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
 | English literature - 1877 - 672 pages
...your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at yonr age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, " I fcar'd it might injure my brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old," said the youth,... | |
 | George Melville Baker - Elocution - 1879 - 734 pages
...William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm-perfectly sure 1 have none, Why, I do it again and again." .],..• ., „ ... . . '. •-... | |
 | Children's literature - 1889 - 472 pages
...yet you IneflMtotlj stand on "your head — Do you thiuk, al your age, It is fight?" "In my yontli," Father William replied to his son, . "I feared it might injure the brain; Bui now that I'm perfectly Mire I have none, Why, I do it iigniii tnid again." "Yon nre old," «nid... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1881 - 952 pages
...William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain ; But now I am perfectly sure I have none— Why, I do it again and again ! " " You are old," said the youth,... | |
 | William T. Dobson - Alliteration - 1882 - 326 pages
...William,' the young man said, ' And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, 'I feared it might injure the brain ; But now I am perfectly sure I have none — Why, I do it again and again ! ' ' You are old,' said the youth,... | |
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