 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very Eke a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding... | |
 | Blackwood William and sons - 1885 - 216 pages
...marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan ! " 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...see," quoth he, " the elephant Is very like a rope ! " 8. And so these men of Hindustan FOURTH STANDARD READER. Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan ! " The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiif and strong. Though earh was partly in the right And all were ¡n the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - Agriculture - 1909 - 332 pages
...the sixth, who laid hold of the elephant's tail, insisted that he was very like a rope." "And so the men of Indostan Disputed loud and long Each in his own opinion Exceeding firm and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong." How often that is... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan !" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...was partly in the right And all were in the wrong ! MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan !" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...was partly in the right And all were in the wrong ! 1(33 MORAL. So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1893 - 460 pages
...The sixth no sooner had begun About the boast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That t'el] within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a rope !" And so these men of Indostau Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was... | |
 | William Otterbein Krohn - Educational psychology - 1894 - 416 pages
...marvel of an elephant Is very like a fan!" The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong! So it is with children in our schools— with their organs of sense differently developed, they each... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - Readers - 1894 - 400 pages
...of an elephant Is very like a fan ! ' ' 7. The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...see," quoth he, "the elephant Is very like a rope ! ' ' 8. And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - American literature - 1897 - 602 pages
...marvel of an elephant, Is very like a fan!" The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within...was partly in the right. And all were in the wrong! MORAL. So. oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween. Kail on in utter ignorance Of what each other... | |
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The sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see, " quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a rope! 
