 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...last night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well — 'twas black as jet. Yon stare ; how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of ; I'll lay my life the thing is bine." — " And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 pages
...night And viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well ; 'twas black as jet — You stare — but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it.' — ' Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue.' — . ' And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...night, And view'd it o'er by candlelight ; I mark'd it well — 'twas black as jet ; You stare, — e dance, obey Temper'd to thy warbled lay. O'er Idalia's velvet- : I'll lay my life the thing is blue." " And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 pages
...night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well, 'twas black as jet — You stare — but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it.' — ' Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue.' ' And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...last night, And view'd it o'er by candle-light ; I mark'd it well — 'twas black as jet. You stare ; but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." " Pray, sir, do : I'll lay my life the thing is blue." " And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...last night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light: I marked it well — 'twas black as jet. You stare, ; but this, ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue." — "And I'll be sworn that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Lemurs - 1883 - 456 pages
...last night, And viewed him o'er by candle-light ; I marked it well, 'twas black as jet — You stare, but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." " Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue." 9. "And I'll be sworn that when ye've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1883 - 504 pages
...night, And viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well, — 'twas black as jet, — You stare ; but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." — " Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue." " And I'll be bound, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Boy - 1884 - 156 pages
...njght, And view'd it o'er by candle-light ; I mark'd it well, 'twas black as jet — You stare — but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." — " Pray, sir, do ; " I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
 | Animals - 1885 - 456 pages
...last night, And viewed him o'er by candle-light; I marked it well, 'twas black as jet— You stare, but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it." " Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue." 9. " And I'll be sworn that when ye've seen The reptile, you'll... | |
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I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't... 
