 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; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest...  The New York Coach-maker's Magazine - Page 1471859Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 pages
...strain ; V the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, Is only jest T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent...make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees. The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...rest." So the Deacon inquired of the 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 lauuewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...rest" So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes...straightcst trees ; The panels of whitewood, that cuts like cheeee, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," —... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...Is only jest 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...make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 550 pages
...Is only jost To make i*ru*i place uz sirong uz the rest7' So the deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't...make the thills ;• The crossbars were ash, from the straightegt trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes...make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of whitewood, that cuts like cheeee, But lasts like iron for things... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 470 pages
...Is only jest 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...make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 pages
...5. So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split, nor bent, nor broke — That was for spokes,...make the thills ; The cross-bars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 pages
...only jest . 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...That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent for lance wood to make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of... | |
 | Addison Darre Crabtre - 1880 - 828 pages
...Is only jest 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...make the thills ; The cross-bars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
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