 | 1827 - 452 pages
...leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! The army surgeons made bun limbs. Said he,—" They're only pegs: But there's as wooden members quite As represent my legs." » • • • But when he call'd on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden... | |
 | Books - 1826 - 570 pages
...second leg, And the Forty-second Foot !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs; But there's as wooden members quite, As...him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden legs, Began to take them off ! " O, Nelly Gray! O, Nelly Gray! Is this your love so warm ? The love that... | |
 | 1826 - 622 pages
...he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" * * * * But when he call'd on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden legs, Began to take them off ! " O, Nelly Gray ! O, Nelly Gray ! Is this you love so warm ? The love that... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 590 pages
...him off the field. And the Forty-second Foot!" The army-surgeons made him limbs: Said he,—" They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" * * * * But when he call'd on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 334 pages
...second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " ' The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " they're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite, As...devours, When he'd devour'd his pay ! ' But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden legs. Began to take them... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the Forty-second Foot.'' The army surgeons made him limbs: Said he, " They're only pegs; But there 's as wooden members quite. As represent my legs! " Now...Gray; So he went to pay her his devours When he'd devoured his pay! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1847 - 314 pages
...leg, And the Forty-second Foot! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he,—" They 're only pegs : Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff ; And when she saw... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 318 pages
...They're only pegs ; But there's as wooden members, quite, As represents my legs ! " Now Ben he lov'da pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went...quite a scoff ; And when she saw his wooden legs, Began to take them off I "Oh, Nelly Gray ! oh, Nelly Gray ! Is this your love so warm ? The love that... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...second leg, And the Forty-second Foot !" The army surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite, As...Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devoirs, When he'd devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff",... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...limbs^; Said he, " They 're only pegs\ But there 's as wooden members quite As represent my legs." 4. Now Ben, he loved a pretty maid\ Her name' was Nelly Gray^; So he went to pay her nis devoirs', When he 'd devoured his pay. 5. But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite... | |
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But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden legs, Began to take them off! 'O Nelly Gray! O, Nelly Gray! Is this your love so warm? The love that loves a scarlet coat Should be more uniform! 
