 You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the...  The Literary World - Page 231870Full view - About this book
 | Harry Furniss - 1904 - 312 pages
...man said, ' Though your hair has not left you quite ; And yet you incessantly stand on your bead, — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? ' ' In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, ' The Premiership I thought I would gain ; But now that I know it's not easily done, " Why, I'll try... | |
 | Charles Geake, Francis Carruthers Gould, Sir Francis Carruthers Gould - 1904 - 214 pages
...Joseph" the young man said, " Though your head doesn't show any white, And yet you incessantly stand on your head. Do you think at your age it is right ? " " In my youth" Father Joseph replied to his son, FATHER JOSEPH TURNS A SOMERSAULT " You are old" said the lad, as he looked... | |
 | 1904 - 464 pages
...old, Father William," the young " And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head—- Do you think, at your age, it is right ? " I man said, " In my youth," Father William replied to his son, " I feared it might injure the brain;... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1905 - 362 pages
...father William the young man said And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head Do you think at your age it is right? V. Composition.— Tell the story of David and Goliath, imagining the different scenes: — Keep the... | |
 | 1906 - 654 pages
...very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?5' "In my youth," father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as... | |
 | 1906 - 884 pages
...young man said, " And you go on increasing in height, With cussing your boat has got horribly fed, Do you think at your age it is right ?" "In my youth," said the sage, "/was cussed all day long, And we did a Claybithe every day, So I guess that there's... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1908 - 352 pages
...William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head. — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth,... | |
 | Sir James Henry Yoxall - 1909 - 344 pages
...William,' the young man said, ' And your hair hag become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head, Do you think at your age it is right ? ' " Bishop Warburton said of " Or ere I go " in " Lear " that " it is not English " ; neither is... | |
 | Belle Moses - 1910 - 322 pages
...William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think at your age it is right...son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old," said the youth,... | |
 | 1910 - 190 pages
...William," the young man said, A " And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old," said the youth,... | |
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