 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 698 pagina’s
...bird Was so changed in a moment, 'twas really absurd : He grew sleek and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat ! His...tail waggled more Even than before ; But no longer it wagged with an impudent air, No longer he perch'd on the Cardinal's chair. He hopped now about With... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 pagina’s
...thick as a mat! He grew sleek and fat; His tail waggled more Even than before ; But no longer it wagged with an impudent air, No longer he perch'd on the Cardinal's chair. With a gait devout; He hopped now about At Matins, at Vespers, he never was out; And, so far from any... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1840 - 384 pagina’s
...bird Was so changed in a moment, 'twas really absurd : He grew sleek and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat ! His...tail waggled more Even than before ; But no longer it wagged with an impudent air, No longer he perch'd on the Cardinal's chair. He hopped now about With... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 340 pagina’s
...absurd : He grew eleek, and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a matl His tail waggled more Even than before ; But no longer...Matins, at Vespers, he never was out ; And, so far from any more pilfering deeds, He always seem'd telling the Confessor's beads. If any one lied, —... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 334 pagina’s
...: — He grew sleek, and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat I His tail waggled more Even than before ; But no longer...Matins, at Vespers, he never was out ; And, so far from any more pilfering deeds, He always seem'd telling the Confessor's beads. If any one lied, —... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1852 - 378 pagina’s
...bird Was so changed in a moment, 't was really absurd He grew sleek, and fat; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat!. His...perch'd on the Cardinal's chair. He hopp'd now about And, BO far from any more pilfering deeds, He always seem'd telling the Confessor's beads. If any one... | |
 | Richard Harris Barham - 1856 - 492 pagina’s
...bird Was so changed in a moment, 'twas really absurd : He grew sleek, and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat ! His...Matins, at Vespers, he never was out ; And, so far from any more pilfering deeds, He always seem'd telling the Confessor's beads. If any one lied, —... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1861 - 558 pagina’s
...bird Was BO changed in a moment, 'twas really absurO. He grew sleek, and fat; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat ! His...Cardinal's chair. He hopp'd now about With a gait dsvout ; At Matins, at Vespers, he never was out ; And, so far from any more pilfering deeds, He always... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 pagina’s
...moment, 'twas really absurd ; He grew sleek and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers grew thick as a mat ! His tail waggled more Even than before ; But no longer it wagged with an impudent air, No longer he perched on the Cardinal's chair. He hopped now about, With,... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1865 - 542 pagina’s
...bird Was so changed in a moment, 'twas really absurd, He grew sleek, and fat ; In addition to that, A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat ' His tail waggled more Even than before : no But no longer it wagg'd with an impudent air, No longer he perch'd on the Cardinal's chair. He... | |
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Served in lieu of confession, And, being thus coupled with full restitution, The Jackdaw got plenary absolution ! — When those words were heard, That poor little bird Was so changed in a moment, 'twas really absurd. He grew sleek, and fat; In addition... 
