 Stop thief, stop thief — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute, And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.  Poems, with a memoir of the author - Página 207de William Cowper - 1847Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 páginas
...gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With post-boy scampering in the rear, They raised a hue and cry. " Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman...pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...heels, The post-boy's hone right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the rood hath been,@ &. ! Kot one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. miliar with from the ballad of the Children in the...is that the whole story of the children and their : — Slop thief ! stop thief ! a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 páginas
...away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...highwayman!" Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike-gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 páginas
...away Went postboy at his heels ; The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...Not one of them was mute ; ' And all and each, that passed that way, Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 páginas
...Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry: — Stop thief! stop thief! — a...pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 páginas
...away went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss the lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, thus seeing Gilpin fly,...highwayman!" not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again flew open in short space... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 páginas
...away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 páginas
...away Went postboy at his heels, The postboy's horse right glad to miss The lumbering of the wheels. Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly,...! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again open in short space ; The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 44 páginas
...and Cry " — properly, the term used in law to express the pursuit of a thief or other delinquent. " Stop thief! " " Stop thief ! " " A highwayman ! "...pass'd that way, Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode... | |
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