 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - 1869 - 222 pages
...anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak : Fray, how did you manage to do it . " "In my youth" said his father,...And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life." 5 " You are old," said the youth ; one would hardly suppose That your... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - Adventure and adventurers - 1869 - 212 pages
...suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak: Pray, how did you manage to do it 9" "In my youth," said his father, " I took to the law,...And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life." ADVICE FROM A "You are old" said the youth; one would hardly suppose... | |
 | Literature - 1870 - 444 pages
...finished the goose, with the bones and the Pray, how did you manage to do it ? ' " ' In my youth,' eaid his father, ' I took to the law, And argued each case...And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life.' " ' You are old,' said the youth; ' one would hardly suppose That... | |
 | English literature - 1877 - 672 pages
...the bones and the beak — Pray, how did you manage to do it ?" " In my youth," said his father, u I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife ; And the muscular strength that it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life." ' Talking about parody, few have done better... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...anything tougher than suet ; Yet you finished the goose with the bones and the beak — Pray, how did you manage to do it ? " " In my youth," said his father,...And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life." " You are old," said the youth ; " one would hardly suppose That your... | |
 | Children's literature - 1889 - 472 pages
...For anything tougher than suet: Yet you nniehed the goose, with the bones and the beakPray how did you manage to do it ?'' '•In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, And argued each cafe with my wife; And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life."... | |
 | George Melville Baker - Elocution - 1879 - 734 pages
...Pray, hp^ did you manage to do it?" j • , ,.j < . ••" .• ' ' •• • . , , ,. t . ,. , • " In my youth," said his father, " I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife ; Awl the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw, H»s (asted the rest of my Hie." " You are old,"... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - Poetry - 1880 - 362 pages
...anything tougher than suet ; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak — Pray how did you manage to do it ?' ' In my youth,' said his father,...And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life.' Mr. Lear has written more than Mr. Carroll, but not more successfully.... | |
 | William T. Dobson - Alliteration - 1882 - 326 pages
...For anything tougher than suet ; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak — Pray, how do you manage to do it?' ' In my youth,' said...And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life.' " * Mr. H. Choltnondeley-Pennell in " Puck on Pegasus " gives some... | |
 | Art needlework - 1882 - 136 pages
...weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak — Pray, how do you manage to do it ?" " In my youth," said...And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life." One of our illustrations shows the Lobster's Quadrille, the performers... | |
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You are old,' said the youth, 'and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak - Pray how did you manage to do it? 
