 As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits— Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?  Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Стр. 95авторы: Percy Society - 1841Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | David Salmon - 1890 - Страниц: 280
...lost our mittens. The King of Hearts called for the tarts And beat the Knave full sore. As [ = when] I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. The man in the moon Came down too soon. There was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise. I like... | |
 | 1893 - Страниц: 112
...o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon ? You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? As I was going up Pippen Hill, • Pippen Hill was dirty, — There I met a pretty... | |
 | Edward Pearson Moses - 1895 - Страниц: 116
...her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes. As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had...cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses; They made their house upon the sea, And covered... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1896 - Страниц: 324
...centuries.3 Daniel Adams gives in his arithmetic the following stanza : " As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks ; Every sack...kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? " Compare this with Fibonaci's " Seven old women go to Rome," etc., and with the... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - Страниц: 300
...; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. [.rf Eta. AS I was going to St. Ives, r\ I met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives AS I went through the garden gap, J\ Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap ! A stick... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - Страниц: 320
...; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. \_A Bed. AS I was going to St. Ives, /VI met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? AS I went through the garden gap, J\ Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick... | |
 | Robert Petsch - 1898 - Страниц: 158
...30, aus dem Friesischen : Ganz ähnlich ist eine englische Fassung (Halliwcll, 132): As I was golng to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Eaery cat had seven kits: Kits and cats. sacks and wives, How many were there going to St. Icts't Natürlich... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1899 - Страниц: 120
...the bells of Stepney. I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell of Bow. AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? As busy as a bee. As blind as a bat. As like as two peas. Forgive and forget. East,... | |
 | Robert Petsch - 1899 - Страниц: 168
...niet. Maar: P. sät bift vwtr en Poepte. Ganz älmlich ist eine englische Fassung (Hallivvcll, 132): As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Eoery wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cals, Eaery cat had senen kits: Kits and cats, sacks... | |
 | David Salmon - 1899 - Страниц: 296
...lost our mittens. The King of Hearts called for the tarts And beat the Knave full sore. As [= when] I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. The man in the moon Came down too soon. There was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise. I like... | |
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