 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 Seiten
...midsummer, mother, when the days are lang. CCXCVIII. How many miles is it to Babylon ? Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light ? Yes, and back again, If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light. CCXCIX. [The following stanza... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 476 Seiten
...midsummer, mother, when the days are lang. CCXCVIII. How many miles is it to Babylon ? Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light ? Yes, and back again, If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light. CCXCIX. [The following stanza... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 468 Seiten
...midsummer, mother, when the days are lang. ccxcvm. How many miles is it to Babylon ? Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light ? Yes, and back again, If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light. CCXCIX. [The following stanza... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 Seiten
...midsummer, mother, when the days are lang. CCCLXXIII. How many miles is it to Babylon ? Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light ? Yes, and back again ! If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light. CCCLXXIV. [ The following... | |
 | 1844 - 480 Seiten
...the game is begun by the outside players at each end of the line holding the following dialogue : " How many miles to Babylon ?" " Threescore and ten."..."Yes, and back again." " Then open the gates without more ado, and let the king and his men pass through." The player and the one next to him at the end... | |
 | 1846 - 266 Seiten
...played as follows : A string of boys and girls, How many miles is it to Babylon? — Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light ? — Yes, and back again ! If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light. 230. SEE-SAW sacradown, Which... | |
 | 1846 - 300 Seiten
...a sudden lowering of the arms—if possible.] How many miles is it to Babylon?— Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light?— Yes, and back again ! If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light. ccxxxi. SEE-SAW sacradown,... | |
 | 1847 - 508 Seiten
...each end of the line holding the following dialogue : " How many miles to Babylon ?" " Threescore anid ten." "Can I get there by candlelight?" "Yes, and back again." " Then open the gates without more ado, and let the king and his men pass through." The player and the one next to him at the end... | |
 | 1850 - 484 Seiten
...the game is begun by the outside players at euch end of the line holding the following dialogue : " How many miles to Babylon ?" " Threescore and ten."..."Yes, and back again." " Then open the gates without more ado, and let the king and his men pass through." The player and the one next to him at the end... | |
 | William Clarke - 1855 - 234 Seiten
...for this sport. THREAD THE NEEDLE. Thread the needle may be played by a considerable number of boyn who all join hands, and the game commences with the...candlelight?" " Yes, and back again." " Then open the fates withous tnorr ado, and let the king and his men pass through." In obedience to this mandate,... | |
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How MANY miles to Babylon? Three score miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again. 
