 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
 | Literature - 1914 - 854 pages
...camp of Stanlslow. The verse in which the fun of the poem culminates runs: Then Abner Dean, of Angels, raised a point of order, when A chunk of old red sandstone hit him in the abdomen, And he smiled n kind of sickly smile. and curled up on the floor. And the subsequent... | |
 | Bret Harte - American literature - 1915 - 730 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 For, in less time than I write it, every member... | |
 | Bret Harte - American literature - 1915 - 730 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... | |
 | Stephen Leacock - Canadian essays - 1916 - 328 pages
...Stanislow. The verse in which the fun of the poem culminates runs : 107 Then Abner Dean, of Angels, raised a point of order, when A chunk of old red sandstone hit him in the abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent... | |
 | American poetry - 1920 - 996 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... | |
 | Champ Clark - Politicians - 1920 - 540 pages
...of Bret Harte's famous poem entitled, "The Society upon the Stanislaus": Then Abner, Dean of Angels, raised a point of order — when A chunk of old red sandstone struck him in the abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile and curled up on the floor, And the... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Wilford Merton Aikin - American literature - 1922 - 336 pages
...tickled by numerous passages, such as the one describing the disaster which befell a certain gentleman 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... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - Wit and humor - 1923 - 804 pages
...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 — 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...Nor should the individual who happeni 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... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - Science - 1925 - 492 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... | |
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