 | William Hone - 1832 - Страниц: 852
...little narrative of Jack Hurner. Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner Eating a christraas pief He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum — And said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will be at once evident that the complacency of Little Jack arises,... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1835 - Страниц: 800
...September, 1831 :— The great Capt. Ross, Both haughty and cross, Was eating his pudding and pie,He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said what...We may perhaps have given to this anecdote a higher degree of embellishment than its merits deserve ; but as the scene actually took place in the cabin... | |
 | 1836 - Страниц: 388
...historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who — " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmns pic ; He put in his thumb. And pulled out a plum. And said—' what a brave boy am I !' " Touched by the intelligence and amir able self-glorification eternized in this... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1837 - Страниц: 398
...historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who— " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said — ' what a brave boy am I !'" Touched by the intelligence and amiable self-glorification eternized in this simple... | |
 | George Payne R. James - 1846 - Страниц: 1166
...proceedings," rejoined the solicitor, "and put me greatly in mind of a certain Jack Homer who ' Put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said ' What a good boy am I.' ' We don't do these things in London, Master Constable." " That fs a pity, sir," said... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 690
...acquainted, in the nursery, with, Little Jack Horner, Who sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie, Put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, " What a brave boy am I ! " This individual was not a myth, but a real personage. Tradition furnishes the following... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 644
...dough she is kneading, or as the child Hornet' perforated the crust of his Christmas pie, when ' He put in his thumb ' And pulled out a plum, And said— What a good boy am I ! ' Some of the steam arms or levers just described are gifted wilh what may be termed... | |
 | 1852 - Страниц: 1170
...to one of the Homers of Mells ? " Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie, He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said what a good boy am I." The plum being 100,OOOZ. I have been told a long story on the matter by Somersetshire... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1857 - Страниц: 412
...she is kneading, or as the child John Horner perforated the crust of his Christmas pie, when " He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, What a good boy am I ! " * When this article was written Lord John Russell was Prime Minister. Some of the... | |
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Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I! 
