 | 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
...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 brain; But now that Pm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as /... | |
 | Literature - 1870 - 444 pages
...white ; And yet yuu incessantly Htnnd 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 brain ; But now th;it I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.* u ' You are old, 'said the youth,... | |
 | 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,...it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet ; Yet you finish'd the goose, with the bones... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...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, "...the youth, " as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door — Pray, what is the reason... | |
 | George Melville Baker - Elocution - 1879 - 734 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 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 you finished the goose, with the... | |
 | Art needlework - 1882 - 136 pages
...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, "...the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back somersault in at the door — Pray, what is the reason of... | |
 | William T. Dobson - Alliteration - 1882 - 326 pages
...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 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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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... 
