T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,— That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills;... Reading and Elocution: Theoretical and Practical - Page 125by Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 430 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...couldn' break daown : — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan the strain ; 'n' the way t" fix it, uz I maintain,...were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...daown . — " Fur," said the Deacon, " Ys mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan the strain ; V the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T make...That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lanoewood to make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest tree* The panels of white-wood,... | |
| 1859 - 418 pages
...Is only jest To make that place uz strong uz the rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folks Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't...make the thills ; The cross-bars were ash, from the straightcst trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pages
...; 'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest To make that place uz strong uz the rest." 6. So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he...were ash, from the straightest trees The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from... | |
| 1861 - 304 pages
...rest." So the Deaeon inquired of the village folk "Where he eould find the strongest oak, That eouldn't be split, nor bent, nor broke,— That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for laneewood to make the thills ;' The erossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 pages
...couldn' break daown : — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't 's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain,...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lancewood... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 346 pages
...couldrH break daown : — " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't 's mighty plain Thut the weakes' place mus' Stan' the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain,...only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 pages
...— " Fur," said the Deacon, " 't 's mighty plain Thut the weakes" place mus' Stan' the strain ; V the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
..."fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain That the weakes' place mus' stem' the strain ; V the way f fix it, uz, I maintain, Is only jest T make that place...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split, nor bent, nor broke, — That was for spokes, and floor, and sills ; He sent for... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...n' break daoicn; — "Fur," said the Deacon, " 't's mighty plain That the weakes' place urns' stun' the strain ; 'n' the way t' fix it, uz, I maintain,...only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." 5 So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't... | |
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