And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered; And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny... The Speaking of English Verse - 141 psl.autoriai: Elsie Fogerty - 1923 - 254 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 psl.
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the house the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cncking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives... | |
| James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1878 - 124 psl.
...bless. 24. (§ 15.) Tell out the single-word adjectives — Out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats. There are seven pillars of Gothic mould In Chillon's dungeons deep and cold. A brave old man was he.... | |
| Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 psl.
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...husbands, wives, — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came... | |
| Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 psl.
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling — Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped, advancing, And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came... | |
| Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 psl.
...; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; 110 Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...uncles, cousins, Cocking tails, and pricking whiskers, 115 Families by tens and dozens ; Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 1879 - 488 psl.
...black rate, grey rats, tawny rate, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, unclea, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families...husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1880 - 460 psl.
...in all directions." " Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers,...tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives." In fact, the rats ate up half the food of Raratonga They ate up Mr. Williams's bellows. They ate up... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 610 psl.
...of the rats that infest it. As he pipes, they come out of the houses and follow him down the street. "Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1880 - 456 psl.
..."When kneeling at family prayers," says Mr. Williams, " they would run over us in all directions." " Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 psl.
...friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, eou§m§, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by ten§ and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing, And step for step they followed dancing, Until they came... | |
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