 | 1813 - 410 lehte
...acclaim. Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of very contemplative mood,— He would pore by the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower; Black-beetles and Bumble-bees, Blue-bottle flies And Moths, were of no small account in his eyes; An... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 lehte
...Jane!! Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of a very contemplative mood — He would pore by the hour O'er a weed, or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle flies, And Moths were of no small account in his eyes;... | |
 | 1843 - 676 lehte
.... ' J Now Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of a very contemplative mood — He would pore by the hour O'er a weed, or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle flies, And Moths were of no small account in his... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 lehte
...Jane ! Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of a very contemplative mood — He would pore by the hour O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle Flies, And Moths were of no small account in his... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 lehte
...Jane ! Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood. Was a man of a very contemplative mood — He would pore by the hour O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle Flies, And Moths were of no small account in his... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 lehte
...Jane I Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood. Was a man of a very contemplative mood — He would pore by the hour O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle Flies, And Moths were of no small account in his... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 400 lehte
...Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of a very contemplative mood,— He would pore hy the hour, O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees,—Blue-bottle flies, And Moths were of no small account in his eyes... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1854 - 504 lehte
...Jane! Now, Sir Thomas the Good, Be it well understood, Was a man of a very contemplative mood — He would pore by the hour O'er a weed or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawlmg ont after a shower; Black-beetles, and Bumble-bees, — Blns-bottls Flies, And Moths were of... | |
 | 1882 - 858 lehte
...from the popular side, of the untoward tastes of scientific persons, is contained in the lines : He would pore by the hour o'er a weed or a flower. Or the slues that come crawling out after a shower ; Black beetles, and bumble-bees — blue-bottle flies,... | |
 | Drawing-room sibyl - 1855 - 464 lehte
...Prom his forehead living truth. Charles Mackay. 88 He's a man of a very contemplative mood ; He Will pore by the hour O'er a weed, or a flower, Or the slugs that come crawling out after a shower ; Black beetles and humble-bees, blue-bottle flies, And moths, are of no small account in his eyes... | |
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Bumble-bees, — Blue-bottle Flies, And Moths were of no small account in his eyes ; An " Industrious Flea " he'd by no means despise, While an 
