| 1843 - 750 Seiten
...as well as in the translation : — " The man in the wilderness asked me How many strawberries grow in the sea? I answered him as I thought good — As many as red herrings grow in the wood." " Quidam in dcsertis blanda me voce rogabat. ' Fraga quot in pelagi... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1839 - 266 Seiten
...shillings the pint, what is the price of a threepenny tart. You remind me of my old nursery song— ' The man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea; I answered him, as I thought it good, As many red herrings as grew in the wood." " Some days after Laura had distributed the biscuits,... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 Seiten
...all the sea was ink ; And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we have for drink? CCLXXV. THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries...the sea ? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. CCLXXVI. HERE am I, little jumping Joan ; When nobody's with me,... | |
| 1846 - 300 Seiten
...seventeenth century in the Sloane collection, the reference to which I have unfortunately mislaid.] THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries...the sea ? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. CCLX. [The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery... | |
| 1846 - 266 Seiten
...the seventeenth century intheSloane collection, the reference to which I have unfortunately mislaid.] THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries...the sea? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. 258. [The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery... | |
| Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 Seiten
...have had. THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS. The man in the wilderness asked me, " How many strawberries grow in the sea ? '* I answered him as I thought good, " As many as red herrings grow in the wood." THE DILEMMA. JOHANNULI FIDES. Trade fides illas, mihi trade, Johannulc,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 Seiten
...version of this piece of rustic wit — A man in the wilderness asked me, ' How many strawberries grow in the sea ?' I answered him, as I thought good, * As many red herrings as grow in the wood.' TAUNT FOR SILLY BOASTERS. Poor haiverel Will, and lang-skinned Jock, They think... | |
| Lawrence Lovechild - 1847 - 118 Seiten
...ye merrymen, every one ; For Littleman, he can't dance alone, Littleman, he can't dance alone. 67. man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea? I answer'd him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. 68. SPHERE was an old woman... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1849 - 326 Seiten
...shillings a pint, what is the price of a three-penny tart. You remind me of my old nursery song — ' The man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea; I answered him, as I thought it good, As many red herrings as grew in the wood.'" Some days after Laura had distributed the biscuits,... | |
| Henry Drury - 1851 - 386 Seiten
...perit! П. D. jïlan in tjjt (HMomuss. THE man in the wilderness asked me, ' How many strawberries grow in the sea ? ' I answered him, as I thought good ; ' As many as red herrings grow in the wood.' Qammer Gurton. (gentlemen of Uerona. THE current, that with gentle... | |
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