 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
 | William Louis Ettinger - 1922 - 248 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,... | |
 | Mary Fontaine Laidley - 1922 - 410 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...William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure my brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again. " EXERCISE Punctuate... | |
 | Frank A. McAlister - 1922 - 376 pages
...Father William,' the young man said 'And your hair has hecome very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ?'" THE collapse of Broadhurst's efforts at sociable reconstruction and of Arnold's counter-offensive... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1924 - 324 pages
...we might paraphrase — in words addressed to another Father William: And yet you incessantly stand on your head: Do you think, at your age, it is right? My own judgment would place Conington first among competitors, with Sir Theodore Martin second (surpassing... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1925 - 474 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...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,... | |
 | Mary Roberts Rinehart - 1925 - 724 pages
...William,' his young niece 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 preparation for the detective's visit she has laid out my best silk pajamas, and her reason for doing... | |
 | George Percy Jacomb Hood - 1925 - 398 pages
...though not as old as " Father William " in " Alice in Wonderland " (" And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? "), he was a man of forty-five and weighed 14 or 15 stone, but instead of opening a high and spikey... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 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,... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - 1926 - 412 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,... | |
 | De Wolf Hopper, Wesley Winans Stout - 1927 - 288 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 ?" A man being as young as he feels, I am a flaming youth. My voice and limbs still perform easily... | |
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