 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1882 - 676 psl.
...for our delectation Thus: — " He lived in a cave by the ieas, He lived upon oysters and foes, Bat his list of forbidden degrees An extensive morality...evidence goes To prove he had never a pan, But he sfcavcd with a shell when he chose, — Twas the manner cf Primitive Man. " He worshipp'd the rain... | |
 | 1885 - 900 psl.
...troglodytes were not also confirmed cannibals. To quote Mr. Andrew Lang once more on primitive man, " he lived in a cave by the seas ; he lived upon oysters and foes." The oysters are quite undoubted, and the foes may be inferred with considerable certainty. I have spoken... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1880 - 114 psl.
...that can be, Tak' aye tent to be up on the green ! I DOUBLE BALLADE OF PRIMITIVE MAN. TO JA FARRER. He lived in a cave by the seas, He lived upon oysters...Primitive Man. He worshipp'd the rain and the breeze, He worshipp'd the river that flows, And the Dawn, and the Moon, and the trees, And bogies, and serpents,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1881 - 152 psl.
...advice that can be, Tak' aye tent to be up on the green ! DOUBLE BALLADE OF PRIMITIVE MAN. TO JA FARRER. He lived in a cave by the seas, He lived upon oysters...Primitive Man. He worshipp'd the rain and the breeze, He worshipp'd the river that flows, And the Dawn, and the Moon, and the trees, And bogies, and serpents,... | |
 | 1889 - 366 psl.
...China, the first (1880) edition of which is so much prized by collectors. BALLADE OF PRIMITIVE MAN. HE lived in a cave by the seas, He lived upon oysters...shell when he chose, 'Twas the manner of Primitive Man I He worshipp'd the rain and the breeze, He worshipped the river that flows, And the Dawn, and the... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1884 - 246 psl.
...new; The old is fled: Vivat FROU-FROU ! QUEEN ANNE is dead! BALLADE OF PRIMITIVE MAN. TO JA FARRER. HE lived in a cave by the seas, He lived upon oysters...pan, But he shaved with a shell when he chose,— 'T was the manner of Primitive Man. He worshipp'd the rain and the breeze, He worshipp'd the river... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 706 psl.
...troglodytes were not also confirmed cannibals. To quote Mr. Andrew Lang once more on primitive man, ' he lived in a cave by the seas ; he lived upon oysters and foes.' The oysters are quite undoubted, and the foes may be inferred with considerable certainty. I have spoken... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1890 - 478 psl.
...troglodytes were not also confirmed cannibals. To quote Mr. Andrew Lang once more on primitive man, ' he lived in a cave by the seas ; he lived upon oysters and foes.' The oysters are quite undoubted, and the foes may be inferred with considerable certainty. I have spoken... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 psl.
...shave so much alike as not to be distinguished. p. SAM' L JOHNSON — Bagwell's Life of Johnson. 1777. square and wall'd ; And in it throve an ancient evergreen, A yew-tree, and q. ANDREW LANG — Double Ballad of Primitive Man. Thy boist'rous locks, no worthy match For valour... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1898 - 424 psl.
...the human voice can go, the very first verses he chanced to light upon. "BALLADE OF PRIMITIVB MAN." " He lived in a cave by the seas ; He lived upon oysters...his list of forbidden degrees An extensive morality shews. Geological evidence goes To prove he had never a pan, But he shaved with a shell when he chose.... | |
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He lived in a cave by the seas, He lived upon oysters and foes, But his list of forbidden degrees, An extensive morality shows ; Geological evidence goes To prove he had never a pan, But he shaved with a shell when he chose, — 'Twas the manner of Primitive... 
