 And the muttering grew to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling : And out of the houses the rats came tumbling.  The Fifth Reader - Pagina 181door Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 287 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...wrinkled. And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard...rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats. Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave... | |
 | 1849 - 564 pagina’s
...of bacon, and cheese, and butter. Consider the many-sorted rats abo\mding in the Establishment, — "Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | 1865 - 820 pagina’s
...wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eye twinkled Like a candle-flame when salt is sprinkled • And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered You heard...rumbling : And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats,brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pagina’s
...Piper of Hamelin.' We cannot refrain from an extract. ' Out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 436 pagina’s
...wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard...rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pagina’s
...wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard...if an army muttered ; And the muttering grew to a grumbliiig ; And the grumbling grow to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling.... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1873 - 586 pagina’s
...he wrinkled, And greeu and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a candle flame when salt is sprinkled; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard...rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small ruts, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black ruts, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 794 pagina’s
...him 1 ' — ' Any sum.' — A thousand guilders 1' — ' Yes.' — He played upon his pipe a tune, And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered You heard...rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling : Qrcat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 786 pagina’s
...Any sum.' — A thousand guilders ? ' — ' Yes.' — He played upon his pipe a tune, And ere thrce shrill notes the pipe uttered You heard as if an army...to a grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rambling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling : Great rats, small rate, lean rats, brawny... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pagina’s
...wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled ; And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard...rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave... | |
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