 You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?  Harry Furniss at Home - Page 71by Harry Furniss - 1904 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "l feard it might injure the brain; But, now that l 'm perfectly sure l have none, Why, l do it again... | |
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...young man said, "And your hair has become very white: And \et you incessantly stand on your headDo you think, at your age, it is right? " "In my youth, " Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
 | Rachel Fordyce, Carla Marello - Juvenile Fiction - 1994 - 304 pages
...the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
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...young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
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...the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
 | Nicholas Humphrey - Medical - 1999 - 244 pages
...young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
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...young man said "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
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...young man said, 'And your hair it is growing quire whire; And yer you peisisrently stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again... | |
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...the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white. And yet you incessantly stand on your head. Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth', said the sage as he shook his grey locks. 'I feared it might injure the brain, But now that I'm perfectly... | |
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...young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head—- Do you think, at your age, it is right? " "In my youth, " Father William replied to bis son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, 1... | |
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