| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 psl.
...grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that scrt Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 psl.
...cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1838 - 462 psl.
...was truly ludicrous" in an instant, something after the manner of Johnny Gilpin : His horse, who never in that sort, . , Had handled been before,...thing upon his back had got, Did wonder more and more. ' » * ; Away went Money, neck or nought, Away went hat and wig ; , , He little dreamt, when he... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 psl.
...cannot sit upright, He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| 1840 - 368 psl.
...cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dream'd, when he set out, Of running... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 psl.
...cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 260 psl.
...sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. " His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been .before, What...thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or naught ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set out, Of running... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1881 - 644 psl.
...MRS. JOHNNIE QILPIN IN ROTTEN ROW. (A Modern Setting to an Old Gem.) **** ii * i; horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before. What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Some got a nasty fall, And every soul cned out " Police I... | |
| 1841 - 306 psl.
...West winds for ever, and a groan for the north ! A SAILOR'S STORY, OR THE LAND VOYAGE. "His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back h¡id got Did wonder more and more." "Why, d'ye see, (»ays Ben,) it was that ere time when most of... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 456 psl.
...cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hand*,. And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his hack had pot Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He... | |
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