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" And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he said, " I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For while he spake, a braying... "
Poetry for school and home, from the best authors, ed. by T. Shorter - Page 55
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The Copeland Reader: An Anthology of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1

Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did Wi thair gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin 's hat...
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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat...
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Heath Readings in the Literature of England

Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did 206 Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin,...
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The Book of Humorous Verse

American poetry - 1920 - 1002 pages
...luckless speech, and bootless boast, for which he paid full dear! For, while he spake, a braying ass did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort,...he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away went Oilpin's hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first, for why? — they were too big. Now Mistress...
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William Cowper: Selected Poems

William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop 'd off with all his might, As he had done before. 208 Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin...
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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama: Volume II

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - Literary Collections - 2004 - 592 pages
...Gilpin Thomas Stothard, Artist Worthington. Engraver WA Y went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin' s bat and wig. He lost them sooner than at first, For why ? they were too big. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly. With post-hoy scamp 'ring in the rear, They raised...
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