 Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised a point of order — when A chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more.  Notes and Queries - Page 2201906Full view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 562 pages
...nothing. Among English words derived from the Latin, on the other hand, I can, at the moment, think only of " origin," as an example of quantity being disregarded,...red sandstone took him in the abdomen. Here scansion seoms to require the penultimate syllable of the last word to be short; but Truthful James is not an... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1873 - 586 pages
...individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent." Nevertheless " Abner, Dean of Angel's, raised a point of order —...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen, And he smiled a sort of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested... | |
 | 1873 - 618 pages
...individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent." Nevertheless " Abner, Dean of Angel's, raised a point of order —...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen, And he smiled a sort of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. And the subsequent proceedings interested... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1871 - 186 pages
...Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised a point of order...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the * abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested... | |
 | John Mead Gould - Maine - 1871 - 910 pages
...Dean of Angel's, was just on the point of bringing himself into notice and making a great effort — " when, A chunk of old red sandstone Took him in the ab-do-men, And he smiled a sort of sickly smile, And curled up on the floor, And the subsequent jiroceedings Interested... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1880 - 288 pages
...Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised a point of order...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen ; And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings... | |
 | Bret Harte - American poetry - 1872 - 410 pages
...the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. Then Abncr Dean of Angel's raised a point of order — when A...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen; And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. order — when A chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1875 - 584 pages
...Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. Then Abner Dean, of Angel's, raised a point of order,...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen ; And he smiled a sort of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings... | |
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