 | 1910 - 832 pages
...committed to memory by every nurse and doctor: ''A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he looked, the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard. Let's imitate this wise old bird." I would say much more and take up a great deal more time, but when... | |
 | 1911 - 658 pages
...important announcements pertaining to this meeting. A wise old owl Lived in an Oak; The more he saw The less he spoke, The less he spoke The more he heard ; Why can't we be Like that old bird?" 272 273 Summer Courses for Teachers of Agriculture, Domestic... | |
 | 1915 - 382 pages
...parents at our institution with children at Glenwood, Mitchellville, Eldora, etc. "A wise old owl sat in an oak; the more he heard, the less he spoke ; the less he spoke the more he heard ; ' ' the warden wants to be like that bird. The Chairman : I have been wondering whether there are... | |
 | 1915 - 364 pages
...year or two ago serve your purpose? THAT WISE OLD BIRD "A wise old owl sat in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard: I think I will be like that wise old bird." — SETH Low. THE WISH-DOG SOMEWHERE, I know, there's a... | |
 | Engineer's Club of St. Louis - 1922 - 430 pages
...score the occasion passed off with considerable eclat. A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke : The less he spoke the more he heard. \Vhv can't we all be like this bird? We enjoyed a short visit from our old college chum, JW Woermann,... | |
 | 1916 - 902 pages
...treated the best and growls the most. A REAL BIRD "A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw, the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard, Why can't we be like that wise old bird?" SOME ARTISTS! Mr. Roole — "Did you ever hear about that... | |
 | 1916 - 632 pages
...May 18, 1916. JAPAN'S AMBITIOUS PLANS OF DEVELOPMENT A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we be like that old bird? Japan is the wise old owl of the world to-day. Quietly, systematically... | |
 | Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society - 1918 - 96 pages
...undoing. They have a few words there — I do not know whether you would call it poetry or not: "A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Soldiers, imitate that wise old bird." Now I am getting closer to my motion. When the very cold weather... | |
 | James Malcolm - 1918 - 598 pages
...are cheering? " " They," replied the veteran, " are the people who are not going."— Life. A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he heard the less he spoke, The more he spoke the less he heard. Why aren't we like that wise old bird? — Selected. POLITICAL NEWS... | |
 | 1926 - 32 pages
...Cod liver oil, salted &. dried codfish and stockfish. A wise old owl lived in an oak The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard Why arent we all like that old bird? When answering advertisements, please mentio: Cover I .e Review.... | |
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A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird? 
