 | Percy Society - 1841 - Страниц: 476
...Oliver Cromwell satisfaetorily fixes the date of this riddle to belong to the seventeenth century.] PURPLE, yellow, red and green, The king cannot reach...so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. CXLIII. [A CANDLE.] LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The shorter... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - Страниц: 434
...Oliver Cromwell satisfactorily fixes the date of this riddle to belong to the seventeenth century.] PURPLE, yellow, red and green, The king cannot reach...power's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eiprht. CXLin. [A CANDLE.] LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - Страниц: 468
...Cromwell satisfactorily fixes the date of this riddle to belong to the seventeenth century.] PUKPLE, yellow, red and green, The king cannot reach it nor...so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. CXL1n. [A CANDLE.] LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The shorter... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - Страниц: 332
...Oliver Cromwell satisfactorily fixes the date of this riddle to belong to the seventeenth century.] PURPLE, yellow, red and green, The king cannot reach...so great : Tell me this riddle while I count eight. * Sometimes the last two lines run as follows : " All the king's horses and all the king's men, Could... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 300
...Cromwell satisfactorily fixes the date of the riddle to belong to the seventeenth century.] [A RAINBOW.] PURPLE, yellow, red, and green, The king cannot reach...so great: Tell me this riddle while I count eight. cxxxvu. PsASE-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold, Pease-porridge in the pot, nine days old. Spell me... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 266
...Cromwell satisfactorily fixes the date of this riddle to belong to the seventeenth century.] [A RAINBOW.] PURPLE, yellow, red, and green, The king cannot reach...so great: Tell me this riddle while I count eight. 136. PEASE-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold, Pease-porridge in the pot, nine days old, Spell me that... | |
 | A L. Hately - 1868 - Страниц: 128
...romping, and prowling ; Higgledy, piggledy, here we lie, Picked and plucked, and put in a pie. 21. Purple, yellow, red, and green, The king cannot reach it, nor the queen ; Nor can old Noll, whose power is so great Tell me this riddle, while I count eight. 22. I have a little sister, they call her... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - Страниц: 244
...Gotham Went to sea in a bowl, And if the bowl had been stronger, My song had been longer. A RAINBOW. PURPLE, yellow, red, and green, The king cannot reach it nor the queen ; Nor can old Noll, whose power 's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. SHOEING THE COLT. SHOE the colt, Shoe the... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - Страниц: 588
...satisfactorily fixes the date cf the riddle to belong ti the seventeenth century. The answer is, a rainbow.] PURPLE, yellow, red, and green, The King cannot reach it, nor the Queen ; Nor can old Noll, whose power 's so great : Tell me this riddle while I count eight. CCXL. HlGGELDY piggeldy Here we lie, Picked... | |
 | Queen - 1883 - Страниц: 80
...Gotham Went to sea in a bowl, And if the bowl had been stronger, My song had been longer. A RAINBOW. PURPLE, yellow, red, and green, The king cannot reach it nor the queen ; Nor can old Noll, whose power 's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. FfNGEKS. 7 1 SHOEING THE COLT. SHOE the... | |
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PURPLE, yellow, red and green, The king cannot reach it nor the queen ; Nor can old Noll, whose power's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. 
