 | 1901 - 892 pages
...less than two hundred and twelve of these " Limericks," of which the following are fair specimens : There was an old man of Thermopylae. Who never did...: " If you choose To boil eggs in your shoes, You cannot remain in Thermopylae. " There was an old person of Ware Who rode on the back of a bear ; When... | |
 | Edward Lear - History - 1888 - 260 pages
...hundred and ninety Large apples and pears, which he threw unawares At the heads of the people of Minety. There was an old man of Thermopylae, Who never did...said, " If you choose to boil eggs in your shoes, There was an old person of Deal, Who in walking used only his heel; When they said, "Tell us why?"... | |
 | E. M. Church - Brigands and robbers - 1895 - 410 pages
...throw off some nonsense ditty, as in the mid-day halt by the hot sulphursprings of Thermopylae : — " There was an old man of Thermopylae Who never did anything properly." But, sketching too eagerly in the hot July weather, he was taken ill of a fever in the house of our friend... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 830 pages
...fish; And she said, "It's a fact the whole world knows, That Pobblcs are happier without their toes." There was an old man of Thermopylae. Who never did...said: "If you choose To boil eggs in your shoes, You cannot remain in Thermopylae" There was an old person of Ware Who rode on the back of a bear; When... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - Children's poetry - 1902 - 442 pages
...excessively cool; So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil, That ingenious Young Lady of Poole. There was an Old Man of Thermopylae, Who never did...said, " If you choose to boil eggs in your shoes, You should never remain in Thermopylae." —©— There was a Young Person of Crete, Whose toilette was... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - Nonsense verses - 1903 - 330 pages
...feared ! — Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren Have all built their nests in my beard." [260] THERE was an old man of Thermopylae, Who never did anything properly ; But they said : u If you choose To boil eggs in your shoes, You cannot remain in Thermopylae." THERE was an Old Man... | |
 | Edward Lear - English wit and humor - 1904 - 466 pages
...which he threw unawares At the heads of the people of Minety. There was an old man of Thermopylœ, Who never did anything properly ; But they said, "...boil eggs in your shoes. You shall never remain in Thermopylœ." There was an old person of Deal, Who in walking used only his heel ; When they said,... | |
 | Edward Lear - English wit and humor - 1904 - 460 pages
...which he threw unawares At the heads of the people of Minety. There was an old man of Thermopyloe, Who never did anything properly; But they said, "...boil eggs in your shoes, You shall never remain in Thermopylos." There was an old person of Deal, Who in walking used only his heel; When they said, "Tell... | |
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There was an Old Man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly ; But they said, " If you choose to boil Eggs in your Shoes, You shall never remain in Thermopylae. 
