 To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side. At once began to bawl:...  Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse - Página 86editado por - 1869Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1868 - 496 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. II. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall ! " III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! — what have we here So very round and smooth... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 páginas
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall ! " 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear ! " 4. The third approached the animal,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 516 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. II. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall ! " i III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! — what have we here So very round and... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1913 - 248 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. "The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear !' " The third, happening to grasp the "squirming trunk... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. 2. The first approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: " God bless me!—but the Elephant Is very like a wall!" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho !—what... | |
 | William Darrah - 1876 - 206 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...round and smooth and sharp ? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear ! " The Blind Men and the Elephant. 48 The Third approached... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1876 - 516 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. IL The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...bless me ! — but the Elephant Is very like a wall I " III. The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! — what have we here So very round and smooth... | |
 | 1876 - 734 páginas
...observation Might satisfy his mind. The Firnt approached the Elephant, And, happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl :...God bless me ! but the Elephant Is very like a wall I" The Fetond, feeling of the tusk, Cried : " Ho ! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp?... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 páginas
...and sturdy side, At once began to bawl, " Why, bless me ! but the elephant Is very like a wall!" 3. The second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, " Ho ! what...So very round, and smooth, and sharp ? To me 'tis very clear, This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!" 4. The third approached the animal, The... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 páginas
...happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl : " Bless me ! it seems the Elephant Is very like a wall !" The second, feeling...round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear, This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear !" 1 Illustrates the humour of diverting incident,... | |
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