 The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: "E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan!" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the...  Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse - Page 87edited by - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Henri-Dominique Lacordaire - 1860 - 704 pages
...knee: " 'Tis clear enough, the elephant Is very like a tree." The fifth blind man, catching the ear: "This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan." The sixth, seizing the swinging tail : "I see", quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope." "And so these men... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 pages
...enough the Elephant Is very like a tree ! " VI. The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said : " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most...can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan ! " VII. The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...enough the elephant Is very like a tree ! " 6. The fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said, " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most...can, This marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan ! " 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 pages
...enough the Elephant Is very like a tree ! " VI. The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said : " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most...can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan ! " VII. The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!" 6. The fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said, " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most;...can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan!" 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That... | |
 | William Darrah - 1876 - 206 pages
...clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree ! " The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: "E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most..." I see," quoth he, " the Elephant Is very like a r&pe ! " And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...blindest man Can tell what this resembles most ; Deny tho fact who can, This marvel of an Elephaut Is very like a fan !" The Sixth no sooner had begun...within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1876 - 516 pages
...enough the Elephant Is very like a tree !" VI. The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said : " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most...can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan ! " vn. The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pages
...clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree. The fifth, who chanced to touch the car, Said : " E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most ; Deny the fact who can. This marvol of an Elephant Is very like a fan !" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the bcast.to grope,... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 470 pages
...enough the Elephant Is very like a tree ! " The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said — •" E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most...Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Then, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, " I see " — quoth he, — " the Elephant... | |
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