 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...  Hearings - Page 1691by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1959Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - 1869 - 222 pages
...— Do you think, at your age, it is right ?" " 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 and again" ADVICE FROM A "You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - Adventure and adventurers - 1869 - 212 pages
...my youth," father William replied to his 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 / mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you... | |
 | English literature - 1877 - 672 pages
...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 again." "You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet ; Yet you... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...friend ?" " Oh, no ! We're returning from the sea.'' ANONYMOUS. " YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM." " You are old, Father William," the young man said, " And...perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old," said the youth, " as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1881 - 918 pages
...In my youth," Father William replied to his 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, " and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet ; Yet... | |
 | Art needlework - 1882 - 136 pages
...the temptation of transcribing part of the parody on Southey's "You are hale, Father William." "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And...perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you... | |
 | William T. Dobson - Alliteration - 1882 - 326 pages
...In my youth,' Father William replied to his 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, ' and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet ; Yet... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1886 - 300 pages
...And yet you incessantly stand on your head, Do you think at your age it is right ? " " In my youth,'1 Father William replied to his son, " I feared it might...perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old,'' said the youth, " as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet... | |
 | Robert Yelverton Tyrrell - English poetry - 1890 - 534 pages
...In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, ' I fear'd 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, ' as I mention'd before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - Readers - 1894 - 586 pages
...Cockayne," by permission of Messrs. Chatto $ Windm.) FATHER WILLIAM. LEWIS CARBOLL. [See p. 528.] "You are old, Father William," the young man said, " And...perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old," said the youth, " as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you... | |
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