 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 362 pages
...observation Might satisfy his mind. 2. The first approached the elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :..."God bless me! but the elephant Is very like a wall ! " 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried: "Ho! what have we here, So very round, and smooth, and... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1882 - 278 pages
...satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and stnrdy side, At once began to bawl : " God bless me ! but...what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp 1 To me 't is mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear 1 " The Third approached... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1882 - 338 pages
...began to ba wl : " God bless me ! but the Elephant Is very like a wall! " III. The Second, fueling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp ? To me 't is mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear! " IV. The Third approached the... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...the elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall !...here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear ! " The third approached the animal, And,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 pages
...the elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall !...here, So very round, and smooth, and sharp? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear ! " The third approached the animal, And,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " Qod bless me ! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!"...what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp T To me 'tis mighty clear NICHOLAS NICKLEBY LEAVES DOTHEBOYS1 HALL. 399 Thia wonder of an Elephant... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1883 - 504 pages
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Oh, bless me 1 but the elephant Is very like a wall I" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...here, So very round, 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,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pages
...observation Might satisfy his mind. The first approached the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " God bless mo ! but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have... | |
 | Blackwood William and sons - 1885 - 216 pages
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall." 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an elephant 4. The third approached the animal, And, happening to take The squirming trunk within his hand, Thus... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - 1909 - 332 pages
...tells about the six blind men of Indostan who went to see the elephant. "One fell against his side, and at once began to bawl 'God bless me, but the elephant is very like a wall.' Another got him by the tusk and declared that he was very like a spear. Another who got him by the... | |
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To learning much inclined, Who went to see the 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 his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl... 
