So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest... American Wit and Humor - Trang 2391907Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| 1875 - 540 trang
...folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split, nor bent, nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...— Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, — 1 Shafts. Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 444 trang
...folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 trang
...the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 trang
...folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellnm " — Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 trang
...n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lauuewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the..."Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 trang
...couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for laucewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the...lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of lo:;s from the "Settler's clluin." — Last of its timber. — thry couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 trang
...folk Where he could lind the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crosshars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts H ko cheese, But... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 trang
...folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...these ; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum," — I>ast of its timber, — they could n't sell Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges... | |
| Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - 458 trang
...folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split, nor bent, nor broke — That was for spokes, and floor, and sills ; He sent for lancewood,...But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Seder's ellum " — Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em — Never an... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 trang
...folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood...make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightcst trees ; The panels of whitewood, that cuts like cheeee, But lasts like iron for things... | |
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