A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird? Annual Proceedings - Página 61por Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society - 1918Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1911 - 588 páginas
...Rhymes new set for the Times.' The lines were these : — There was an owl liv'd in an oak. The more ho heard, the less he spoke ; The less he spoke, the more he heard — O, if men were all like that wise bird ! The initial letter was a large owl, the T being a piece... | |
| R. H. Andrews - 1916 - 454 páginas
...commendable and wise listener I am not — or was not, as wise as the owl : "There was an owl that lived in an oak, the more he heard the less he spoke; the less he spoke the more he heard — O, if men were all like this wise bird." I think it was Epectetus, who flourished during the first... | |
| 1923 - 1012 páginas
...Coolidge home in Northampton, Mass. The legend reads; "A Avise old owl lived in an oak: The more he saw, the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we be like that old bird? " Silent and a half-mysterious individual, the former Governor... | |
| 1916 - 794 páginas
...at this convention they'adopted the following rule: A wise old owl lived In an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke: The less he spoke the more he heard, Why can't we be like that old bird? The men In this convention I notice stand solidly together. Not... | |
| 1919 - 826 páginas
...London Punch many years ago headed 'Nursery Rhymes New Set for the Times," the stanza: There was an owl lived in an oak, The more he heard the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard-- O, if mm were all like that wise bird. Do Right. Do right though pain and anguish be thy lot; Thy heart... | |
| 1904 - 390 páginas
...We do not forget that Mr. Shurtleff began his ministry in the Bulfinch Place Church. A Wise Old Owl "A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he heard...less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard. Whv aren't we all more like that bird?" Do and Say Two brothers once lived down this way. And one was... | |
| Hans Herman Behr - 1904 - 256 páginas
...of my bill, I am a bird of few words; as the immortal poet Bromley sings: " ' There was an owl that lived in an oak, The more he heard the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard. Oh, let us be like this wise bird.' " But I keep my watchful eye on you every night; in daytime better... | |
| 1917 - 468 páginas
...given in some later number. RUSSELL R. LORD Battery C, Maryland Field Artillery A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that bird? — Old Song. True, very true; but have you heard About the oak... | |
| Albert Shaw - 1920 - 998 páginas
...vocation to become his bride, lighted the home fire: A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard; Why can't we be like that old bird? Calvin Coolidge is. Because he has never been a "joiner," though... | |
| 1909 - 466 páginas
...so blind, to take her fore and leave I hind; For her can surely go to we but us can never go to she! A Wise Old Owl lived in an oak; the more he heard,...less he spoke; the less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we more like that old bird? MO, PH, A. The New Qame Law for Missouri has been published... | |
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