 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...epithet? 4. And . . . stny. Point out the example of aposiopesis. (See Def. 89.) That was the year when Lisbon town Saw the earth open and gulp her down ; And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. 1i It was on that terrible earthquake day That the Deacon finished the... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...Georgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible earthquake-day That the deacon finished the one-hoss... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 410 pages
...Secundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible Earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw, Webb Donnell - Teaching - 1888 - 330 pages
...Georgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon town Saw the earth open and gulp her down; And Braddock's army was done so brown, And left without a scalp to its crown." In these lines are three important facts, two being upon American... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1888 - 742 pages
...Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone trom the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible Earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...Seeundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible earthquake day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss... | |
 | New Brunswick. Board of Education - Education - 1889 - 1004 pages
...then alive, n Snuffy old drone from the German hive, д. That waR the year that Lisbon town c^.- let, Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's...the same year ; and thus we have several important datée associated in a way not hard to remember. Hundreds of other examples might be given ; but we... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...Georgius Secundus was then alive — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible earthquake day That the Deacon finished the one-boss... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 458 pages
...Sccundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the yenr when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible KarthqUakc-day That the Deacon finished the one-boss... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 362 pages
...Gcorgiui Sccundus was then alive, — Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. It was on the terrible Earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss'shay.... | |
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Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown. 
