 | David Ames Wells - 1876 - 152 Seiten
...which it will be remembered that as soon as the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to burn the stick, the stick began to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the kid, and, as a consequence of this sequence and its concluding act, the old woman got safely home with... | |
 | 1878 - 252 Seiten
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...pig in a fright jumped over the stile ; and so the woman got home that night. A man of words and not of deeds4 Is like a garden full of weeds ; For when... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 140 Seiten
...the ox ; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile ; and so the old woman got home that night. XLI. SUMMER, bloom mcr'ri ly morn wher e'er' 1. ALL the birds are here again, Winter 's gone, and storm... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 142 Seiten
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile ; and so the old woman got home that night. XLI. SUMMER. bloom mer'ri ly morn wher e'er' 1. ALL the birds are here again, Winter 's gone, and storm... | |
 | Prince - 1880 - 92 Seiten
...ox ; The ox began to drink the water ; The water began to quench the fire ; The fire began to burn the stick ; The stick began to beat the dog ; The dog began to bite the pig ; The pig he rushed right through the stile. And so the old Dame got home that night in time to boil her... | |
 | 1883 - 75 Seiten
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...the stile; and so the old woman got home that night. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. 63 CHRISTMAS GIFTS. [The players, in this game, each repeat the gifts of one day —... | |
 | 1884 - 672 Seiten
...the ox, The ox began to drink the water, The water began to quench the fire, The fire began to burn the stick, The stick began to beat the dog. The dog began to bite the kid, And the kid began to go ! And home through the moonlight, Long after midnight, The little dame... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Crane - 1885 - 430 Seiten
...ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...stile, and so the old woman got home that night." 6 The Italian versions may be divided into two classes : first, where the animals and inanimate objects... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1886 - 360 Seiten
...the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the...the old woman got home that night." * Or haymakers, procceding thus in me stead of the rest of this paragraph : — "And feteh me a wisp of hay, I'll give... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - 1886 - 160 Seiten
...fastens itself on to a link more distant. As in the familiar nursery tale : the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig ; the pig began to get over the stile ; and so the poor old woman got home to her supper. It may be observed... | |
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As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ;... 
