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
| Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 trang
...and sills, He sent for kmcewood, to make the thills; The cross-bars were ash, from the straight-st trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese,...But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " seller's ellum — " Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em — Never an... | |
| 1920 - 1002 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...of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips; Their blunt ends frizzledlike... | |
| James McKeen Cattell - 1921 - 596 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...of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like... | |
| Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 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...The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But last like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum,"— Last of its timber,—... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 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, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like celery-tips;... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 trang
...fifty-five. Georgius Secundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. (1. 9—1 1) 6 tness stands; but this I feel, That from thyself it...The days gone by Return upon me almost from the dawn (1. 41—46) 7 Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling... | |
| Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 trang
...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...The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum, Last of its... | |
| Paul Negri - 2002 - 146 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...of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their blunt ends frizzled like... | |
| Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 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...things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum,"6— Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And... | |
| 472 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,... | |
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