 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink; [sink, We saw with our eyes the vermin And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend,...your poke; But, as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke, V ^= — •- - .. . Besides, our losses have made us... | |
 | 1865 - 820 pagina’s
...knowing wink, ' Our business was done at the river's brink ; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend,...your poke ; But as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. Beside, our losses have made us thrifty. A thousand guilders... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pagina’s
...with our eyes the vermin sink, " And what 's dead can't come to life, I think. " So, friend, we 're not the folks to shrink " From the duty of giving...your poke ; " But, as for the guilders, what we spoke " Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. " Beside, our losses have made us thrifty ; " A thousand... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pagina’s
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; " We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, " And what's dead can't come to life, I think. " So,...to shrink " From the duty of giving you something to drink, " And a matter of money to put in your poke ; " Bat, as for the guilders, what we spoke "... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pagina’s
...yellow ! "Beside," quoth the Mayor, with a knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend,...your poke ; But, as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. Beside, our losses have made us thrifty ; A thousand guilders... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pagina’s
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink : We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, So, friend, we're not the folks to shrink From the duty of giving you something to drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke ; But as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pagina’s
...knowing wink, ' Our business was done at the river's brink ; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend,...your poke ; But, as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke — Beside, our losses have made us thrifty : A thousand... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pagina’s
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what's dead can't come to life, I think. So, friend,...your poke ; But, as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. Beside, our losses have made us thrifty ; A thousand guilders!... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 386 pagina’s
...saw with our eyes the vermin sink, And what 's dead can 't come to life, I think. So, friend, we 're not the folks to shrink From the duty of giving you...your poke ; But, as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke — • Beside, our losses have made us thrifty : A thousand... | |
 | 302 pagina’s
...knowing wink, " Our business was done at the river's brink ; "We saw with our eyes the vermin sink, " And what's dead can't come to life, I think. " So,...we're not the folks to shrink "From the duty of giving yon something for drink, " And a matter of money to put in your poke; " But, as for the guilders, what... | |
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From the duty of giving you something for drink, And a matter of money to put in your poke; But as for the guilders, what we spoke Of them, as you very well know, was in joke. Beside, our losses have made us thrifty. A thousand guilders! Come, take fifty! 
