 the elephant, Is very like a snake!" The fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the knee; "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he; " Tis clear enough the elephant Is very like a tree.  The primrose way - Page 291by Mark Twain - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake : "I see," quoth he, "¡he elephant Is very like a snake ! " The Fourth reached...his eager hand, And felt about the knee , "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he ; " Tis clear enough the elephant Is very like... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...of the tusk. Cried : "Ho ! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp ? To me 'tis mighty clear. This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear...his eager hand, And felt about the knee, "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain" quoth he ; "Tis clear enough the elephant Is very like... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1893 - 460 pages
...animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I seo," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a snake! " The...his eager hand, And felt about the knee. " What most this wondrous beast is like, Is very plain," quoth he; " 'Tis clear enough, the Elephant Is very like... | |
 | William Otterbein Krohn - 1894 - 416 pages
...approached the animal, And, happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake: "I see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like...his eager hand, And felt about the knee. "What most this wondrous beast is like, Is very plain," quoth he; "'Tis clear enough the elephant Is very like... | |
 | William Otterbein Krohn - 1894 - 430 pages
...The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake: "I see," quoth he, "the elephant IN very like a snake!" The fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the knee. "What most this wondrous beast is like, Is very plain," quoth he; "'Tis clear enough the elephant IB very like... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 pages
...approached the animal, And, happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake : "I see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a snake!" 5. The fourth reached out his eager hand, And fell about the knee: "What most this wondrous beast is... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pages
...of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here 80 very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!''...eager hand, And felt about the knee. •• What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain." quoth he; •'Tis clear enough the elephant Is very like... | |
 | 1898 - 220 pages
...approached the animal, And, happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake : "I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a snake ! " 5. The fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the knee : " What most this wondrous beast... | |
 | 1900 - 424 pages
...the tusk, Cried, "Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear The Third approached the animal, And happening to...his eager hand, And felt about the knee. "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he; "'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 284 pages
...approached the animal, And, happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake : " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a snake ! " 68 And felt about the knee : " What most this wondrous beast is like, Is very plain," quoth he;... | |
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