 He took the paper, and I watched, And saw him peep within ; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling noise I now began to hear. The fourth...  Standard Supplementary Readers - Page 207edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 596 pages
...At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad. And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling...sleepless eye, I watched that wretched man, And since, 1 never dare to write As funny as I can. THE LAST READER. I SOMETIMES sit beneath a tree, And read... | |
 | William Henry Rideing - 1887 - 240 pages
...At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next : the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third : a chuckling...tumbled in a fit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eyes I watched that wretched man : And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THOMAS BAILEY... | |
 | Richard John Lloyd Price - 1888 - 296 pages
...evinces a very pretty penchant for old port. But a truce to this levity, we must no longer frivol. And, since I never dare to write As funny as I can. HOLMES (The Music Grinders). Let us now suppose that, beside what outside eggs he may be able to pick... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear; He read the third ; a chuckling...And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. —Oliver Wendell ffo.'mei. Saved by His Wit. (A sailor, having been sentenced to the cat-o'-nine tails,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - 362 pages
...At the first line lie read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling...that wretched man, And since, I never dare to write Аз funny as 1 can. THE LAST READER. I SOMETIMES sit beneath a tree. And read my own sweet songs ;... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1890 - 450 pages
...At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling...sixth ; he burst five buttons off, And tumbled in a lit. Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye, I watched that wretched man, And since, I never dare... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes (Arzt, Schriftsteller) - 1891 - 380 pages
...At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; He read the third ; a chuckling...since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE LAST READER I SOMETIMES sit beneath a tree And read my own sweet songs ; Though naught they may to... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...; At the first line he read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear; He read the third ; a chuckling...And since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. —Oliver Wendell Holmes. Saved by His Wit. (A sailor, having been sentenced to che cat-o'-nine tails,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 312 pages
...read, his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear; The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his...since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE LAST READER I SOMETIMES sit beneath a tree And read my own sweet songs; Though naught they may to others... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 314 pages
...his face Was all upon the grin. He read the next ; the grin grew broad, And shot from ear to ear ; The fourth ; he broke into a roar ; The fifth ; his...since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. THE LAST READER I SOMETIMES sit beneath a tree And read my own sweet songs ; Though naught they may to... | |
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