 | William Cowper - 1785 - 184 pages
...all? " I came (cried John Gilpiri) becaufe your horfe "would come, and if I am. not much miftaken, my hat and wig will foon be here, they are upon the road." The Callender glad to find his friend fo merry amidft his ill luck, returned him not a tingle word, but went directly... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...joke; And thus unto the calender In merry guife he fpoke:— I came becaufe your horfe would corflc; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will foon be here—- They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 268 pages
...thecallender In merry guife he fpoke : I came becaufe your horfe would come * And, if I well forbode, My hat and wig will foon be here, They are upon the road. The callsnder, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe... | |
 | William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...pleafant wit, And lov'da timely joke; And thus unto the calender In merry guife he fpoke :— I came becaufe your horfe would come; And, if I well forebode,...wig will foon be here— They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe... | |
 | 1795 - 94 pages
...''••/ l»came because your horse would ctKne; And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road. The callender, right...to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in; Whence strait he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...joke ; And thus unto ihe callender Jn merry guile he fpoke: I came berauie your horfe would come i And, if I well forebode. My hat and wig will foon...road. The callender, right glad to find His friend in nierrv pin, Rcturn'd him not a nnglc word, Hut to the houi'e went in ; When ftraight he came \vith... | |
 | 1797 - 350 pages
...unto the callender : In merry guife he fpoke — " I came becaufe your horfe would come ; • ' rf\ " And, if I well forebode, " My hat and wig will foon be here ; They are upon the road." ,., ,. rt .-.-; ! The callender right glad to find His friend in merry pin, -,:! , . ,.•"} Return'dhim... | |
 | 1800 - 632 pages
...plfeafant wit, And lov'da timely joke, *d thus unto the callender In merry ftrains he fpoke. " ' I came becaufe your horfe would come } And, if I well forebode,...callender right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Keturn'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in. " Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 394 pages
...pleafant wit. And lov'da timely joke ; And thus unto the calender In merry guife he fpoke :— I came becaufe your horfe would come ; And, if I well forebode,...will foon be here — They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Rcturn'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...joke ! And thus unto the calender In merry guife he fpoke \ — J came becaufe your horfe would come j And, if I well forebode, My hat and wig will foon be here — They are upon the road. The calender, right glad to fini His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a tingle word, But to the houfe... | |
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What news? what news? your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all? 
