 | 1824 - 452 pages
...the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud <juack the ducks, thepeacocks cry ; The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...the grass the swallow wings The cricket, too, how sharp be sings ; Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er whisker'd jaws. Throngh the... | |
 | Geology - 1863 - 376 pages
...flight, They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball ; How restless are the snorting swine, The busy flies...the grass the swallow wings, The cricket too, how sharp she sings, Puss on the hearth with velvet paws Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws ; The wind,... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 pages
...with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks, the sea fowls cry. The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...the grass the swallow wings, The cricket too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. The smoke... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...black, the glass is low ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs creep. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's...the grass the swallow wings : The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ; Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through... | |
 | 1831 - 584 pages
...cry,. The distant hills are looking nigh ; How restless are the snorting swine ; . • -i— -yii. The busy flies disturb the kine. Low o'er the grass...how loud it sings ! Puss, on the hearth, with velvet pawff, Sits smoothing o'er her whisker'd jaws ; . . ;, Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see ! a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Clos'd is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark ! how the chairs...the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket too, how sharp be sings. Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...a rainbow spans the sky. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernell. Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's...the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket, too, how sharp he sings. Puss, on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er ber whiskered jaws. Through... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...kite 1832.] 124 THE PENNY MAGAZINE. Or seem precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball ; How restless are the snorting swine, The busy flies...grass the swallow wings, The cricket too, how loud she singi, Puss on the hearth with velvet paws Sits wiping o'er her whisker' d jaws: — Twill surely... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...The distant hills are lookin' .igh. How restless are the sn<~ ug swine ! The busy flies disturb .e kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ; Puss, on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. Through... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 pages
...how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; • Loud quack the ducks,the peacocks cry ) The distant hills are looking nigh....the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket too, how sharp he sings ; Puss on the hearth with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through... | |
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Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry. The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet... 
