 Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in...  The Howe Readers by Grades: Book six-[eight] - Page 7by Will David Howe - 1912Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 272 pages
...smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspeet,— (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any...in two. "Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's grace We 've got you Ratisbon ! The marshal 's in the market-place, And you 'll be there anon To see your... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - 1877 - 316 pages
...Dialogues." 3 Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his...compressed Scarce any blood came through), You looked twice e'er you saw his heart Was all but shot in two. general style of the sergeant's declamation, it is... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 pages
...Dialogues.' 8 Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his...compressed Scarce any blood came through), You looked twice e'er you saw his heart Was all but shot in two. general style of the sergeant's declamation, it is... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 248 pages
...mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect (So tight he kept his lips...cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace, We've got you Eatisbon ! The marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon, To see your flag-bird flap... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 pages
...mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect, (So tight he kept his lips...blood came through,) You looked twice ere you saw his breaat Was all but shot in two. " Well," cried he, " Emperor, by God'6 grace We've got you Ratisbon... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pages
...Then off there flung, in smiling joy, and held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a Boy ; — you hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his...cried he, " Emperor, by God's grace we've got you Eatisbon ! The Marshal's in the market-place, and you'll be there anon To see your flag-bird flap his... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 304 pages
...mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : You hardly could suspect, — So tight he kept his...cried he, " Emperor ! by God's grace We've got you Katisbon ! The marshal's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon To see your flag-bird flap his... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his...two. ' ' Well, "cried he, " Emperor by God's grace We 've got you Ratisbon ! The Marshal 's in the market-place, And you'll be there anon To see your... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...mound. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy : of the Admiral of the Orient, remained at his post...perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the fl We 've got you Ratisl>on ! The marshal '3 in the market-place, And you '11 be there anon To see your... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 pages
...mound. in. Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his...in two. * Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's grace We 've got you Ratisbon! The marshal 's in the market-place, And you 'll be there anon To see your... | |
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