 | 1879 - 674 pàgines
...; there 'в first leap-frog and thnah-a-thnah." — H. Brooke, Fool of QiuUtty. i. 25 (ed. 1859). " One fault brought me into another after it, like Water my chickens come clod:" — Ib., i. 272. I only conjecture this to be a game, or it might be an allusion to some nursery... | |
 | 1879 - 566 pàgines
...them ; there 's first leap-frog and tknuk-a-tknuh."— H. Brooke. Fool of Quality, i. 25 (ed. 1859). " One fault brought me into another after it, like Water my chickens come clock." — II., \. 272. I only conjecture this to be a game, or it might be an allusion to some nursery story.... | |
 | Henry Brooke - 1859 - 496 pàgines
...the better of the two, he took out a handful of silver and threw it among my companions, to set them by the ears ; and this provoked and began to make...— Water my chickens come clock. But this did not satisfy my young lord — for they called him lord — but he must take out a crown, and offer it to... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 pàgines
...; there's first leap-frog and thrush-a-thrush." — H. Brooke, Fool of Quality, i. 25 (ed. 1859). " One fault brought me into another after it, like Water my chickens come clock."— Ib., i. 272. " Can you play at draughts, polish, or chess?"— Ib., i. 267. " Some reminded him of... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 pàgines
...; there's first leap-frog and thrush-a-thrush." — H. Brooke, Fool of Quality, i. 25 (ed. 1859). " One fault brought me into another after it, like Water my chickens come dock."—Ib., i. 272. " Can you play at draughts, polish, or chess? "—Ib., i.267. " Some reminded... | |
 | 1879 - 652 pàgines
...; there 'B first leap-fro^ and tkruik-a-thnuh,."— H. Brooke, Fool of Quality. \. 25 (ed. 1859). " One fault brought me into another after it, like Water my chickens come clock." — Ib., i. 272. I only conjecture this to be a game, or it might be an allusion to some nursery story.... | |
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'The merry game of The parson has lost his cloak."— Spectator, N. 268. " ' What say you, Harry ; have you any play to show them?" 'Yes, sir,' said Harry, ' I have a many of them ; there's first leap-frog and thrush-a-thrush. 