 | American poetry - 1920 - 1002 pages
...With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them. Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), lie pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes; But what were his arguments few people know, For the court... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 372 pages
...the spectacles, plainly, were made for the Nose, And the Nose was, as plainly, intended for them." 7. Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), He...arguments, few people know, For the court did not think them equally wise. 8. So his lordship decreed, with a grave, solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without... | |
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On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them. 
