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" Speaker" — the one on the right; "Mr. Mayor," my young one, how are you to-night? That's our "Member of congress" we say when we chaff; There's the Reverend. What's his name? — don't make me laugh. That boy with the grave mathematical look Made believe... "
The Professor at the Breakfast-table: With the Story of Iris - Page 61
by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1860 - 410 pages
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Common School Readings: Containing New Selections in Prose and Poetry for ...

John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...written a wonderful book, And the ROYAL SOC1ETY thought it was true! So they chose him right in,—a good joke it was too ! There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain; When he spoke for our manhood in...
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A Manual of American Literature: Designed for the Use of Schools of Advanced ...

Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...Member of Congress," we say when we chaff; There's the "Reverend" What's his name? — don't make ma laugh. That boy with the grave mathematical look Made...him right in, — a good joke it was too ! There's a hoy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he...
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Wit and humour, poems, with an intr. [by J.C. Hotten].

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 246 pages
...That boy with the grave mathematical look Made believe he had written a wonderful book, And the KOYAL SOCIETY thought it was true ! So they chose him right...joke it was too ! There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood...
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Reading and Elocution: Theoretical and Practical

Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...mathematical look Made believe he had written a wonderful book, And the Royal Society thought it was true I So they chose him right in, — a good joke it was, too I There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain;...
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Analytical Fourth [-sixth] Reader: Containing Practical Directions for ...

Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...him right in, — a good joke it was too ! 7. There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When...manhood in syllabled fire, We called him "The Justice," bat now he's the "Squire." 8. And there 'sa nice youngster of excellent pith ; Fate tried to conceal...
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The Speaker's Garland and Literary Bouquet: Combining 100 Choice Selections ...

1876 - 734 pages
...believe ho had written a wonderful book, And the Royal Society thought it was true ! 80 they choose him right in, — a good joke it was too ! There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood...
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The modern elocutionist, compiled and ed. by J.A. Jennings

John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...on the right ; "Mr. Mayor," my young one, how are you to-night? That's our "Member of Parliament," we say when we chaff; There's the " Reverend " What's...was too ! There's a boy, — we pretend, — with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood...
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The Normal Fifth Reader

Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 pages
...him right in, — a good joke it was, too. 7. There 'sa boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood in syllabled fire ; We call him " The Justice," but now he 's the " Squire." 8. And there's a nice youngster of excellent...
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Standard Supplementary Readers, Part 1

William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 234 pages
...and the Catalogue's spite ' Old Time is a liar! We're twenty to-night! We're twenty! We're twenty! Who says we are more ? He's tipsy, —young jackanapes...joke it was too! There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood...
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Seven American Classics: Supplementary to Fifth Reader

William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 242 pages
...Member of Congress," we say when we ' chaff; There's the "Reverend" What's his name? — don'*make me laugh. That boy with the grave mathematical look...joke it was too ! There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain ; When he spoke for our manhood...
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