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" For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.... "
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ... - Page 26
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had h«, His journey to begin, When turning round his head,...in. So down he came ; for loss of time Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1826 - 262 pages
...round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would...more. 'Twas long before the customers Were suited to thoir mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, " The wine is left behind "' Good lack ' quoth he...
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The Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...flowing mane, And up he got in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddletree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round...in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...flowing mane* And up he got in haste to ride, But soon came down again : For saddletree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, • When turning round...in. So down he came, for loss of time, Although it griev'd him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddletree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round...Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, " The wine is left behind !" Good lack ! quoth he — yet bring it me, My leathern belt...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...And np he got, in haste to ride, Bat soon came down again; For »addle-tr«e scarce reach'd had lie, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head,...in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grievM him sore, Y< I loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. T was long before...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...mad. John Gilpin at his horse's side Seized fast the flowing mane, And up he got in haste to ride, But soon came down again: For saddle-tree scarce reached...turning round his head, he saw Three customers come m. So <lown he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore ; Yet loss of pence, full well...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning rouud his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down...grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he know, Would trouble him much more. "Twos long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When...
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The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ...

William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...flowing mane, And up he got in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round...pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twos long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When Betty, screaming, came down stairs,...
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The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the ..., Volume 7

William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...flowing mane, And up he got, in haste to ride, But soon came down again ; For saddletree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round...Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, " The wine is left behind ! " Good lack ! quoth he — yet bring it me, My leathern belt...
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