| Longman (Firm) - 1898 - 220 pages
...and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear ! " 4. The third approached the animal, And, happening to...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... | |
| 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...squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake : "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a snake!" The Fourth reached out his eager hand, And... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 284 pages
...the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!...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 :... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 284 pages
...the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear...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 :... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1905 - 872 pages
...elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the elephant, And, happening to fall Against...squirming trunk within his hands. Thus boldly up and spake : " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a snake ! " The Fourth reached out his eager hand,... | |
| Mark Twain - 1906 - 354 pages
...feeling of the tusk, Cried: "Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis very clear This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!"...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a snake!" The fourth reached out his eager hand, And... | |
| Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1906 - 268 pages
...the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear...The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake : "I see," quoth he, "the elephant The fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the... | |
| David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 172 pages
...elephant (Tho all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. " The first approached the elephant, And happening to fall Against...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake : 1 1 see,' quoth he, ' the elephant Is very like a snake.' " The fourth reached out his eager hand And... | |
| Will David Howe, Myron Thomas Pritchard, Elizabeth Virginia Brown - 1909 - 308 pages
...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...trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a snake ! " The fourth reached out his eager hand,... | |
| Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1911 - 358 pages
...the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!"...The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up he spake: " I see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a snake!" The fourth reached out his eager... | |
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