 That lay in the house that Jack built. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 31 This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, 5 That killed the rat,...  The North Lincoln sphinx - Seite 123von Royal Lincolnshire regiment - 1862Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Laughton Osborn - 1831
...embellish the House that Jack built : — 1 This is the man, all tattered and torn, ' That married the maiden all forlorn, ' That milked the cow with the crumpled horn.' 0, she was a beautiful creature, — my wife, Susan ! five feet, ten inches, in her stockings, and... | |
 | Manchester grammar sch - 1840 - 210 Seiten
...he passes to — " The maiden all forlorn, " That milked the cow with the crumpled horn," and — " The man all tattered and torn, " That kissed the maiden all forlorn." The simple beauty of these lines defies all criticism. Beauty is never so captivating as when unfortunate.... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - 1852 - 350 Seiten
...of boots, and I trembled for the putty investment. Once more we met, and he no longer looked like * the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn,' for he was dressed in a full suit of broad-cloth ; ' superfine,' and as FAGIN said, with the ' heavy-swell... | |
 | Joseph Cundall - 1858 - 212 Seiten
...the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crow'd in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kiss'd the maiden all forlorn, That milk'd the cow with the crumpled horn, That toss'd the dog, That... | |
 | Mrs. J. R. Beckwith - 1864 - 334 Seiten
...mother of a sleek calf, who commenced its song every morning with the first peep of light, " to wake the maiden all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn," that it might take the benefit of its own after perquisites before fashionable breakfast time being a primitive... | |
 | Mrs. J. R. Beckwith - 1864 - 336 Seiten
...mother of a sleek calf, who commenced its song every morning with the first peep of light, " to wake the maiden all forlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn," that it might take the benefit of its own after perquisites before fashionable breakfast time being a primitive... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1865 - 258 Seiten
...cat that killed the rat that eat the malt that lay in the house that Jeff, built. IX. PLUNDER. — This is the priest all shaven and shorn that married the man all tattered and torn to the maiden all forlorn that milked the cow with crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the... | |
 | Easy double acrostics - 1865 - 92 Seiten
...learn like this, ever a blessing to be, And the gladness it brings e'er long you will see. 4. " This is the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn ; " Or she who, while reck'ning her chicks before they were hatched, Gave one jerk of her head, and... | |
 | 1866 - 544 Seiten
...as here presented, inevitably leads us into absurdities. Take, for example, the nursery doggerel : This is the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man, all tattered and torn, Cnto the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, Tbiit... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 Seiten
...cat that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jeff built. " IX. PLUNDER. — This is the priest all shaven and shorn that married the man all tattered and torn to the maiden all forlorn that milked the cow with crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the... | |
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