...slice of plum-pudding with sweet-sauce. He looked at the big raisins, and laughed, and began to sing, "Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas...pie; He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And cried, 'What a good boy am I!'" He wanted to pull out a plum; but the pudding looked so good, he said,...

...The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story Book (c. 17(10) 6 Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Hating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, what a good boy am I! Henry Carey Numhfi Pamby (1725) 7 Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Hating her curds and whey; There...

...the other imperial. Like the images of a dream, they allude to successive layers of personal history. "He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, and said what a good boy am I" exudes a boyish sense of phallic triumph. And "Is not this great Babylon, which I have planted?" resounds...

...self,feeling is one's actual success or failure. and the good or bad actual position one holds in the world, "He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum. and said. 'What a good boy am Il '"A man with a broadly extended empirical Ego. with powers that have uniformly brought him success....

...in his thumb . . . Doctor am 11": An allusion to the nursery rhyme: "Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, / Eating a Christmas pie. / He put in his...pulled out a plum, / And said, 'What a good boy am I!' " 43 One botanist says ... of its vegetation": Thoreau's source is Loudon, 2:1157, where this quotation...

...little booklet to put their thumbprints on and take home. Little Jack Homer sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum. And said, "What a good boy am I!" nurser . Snack: Make a real pie with the children, or taste plums. Related books Each Peach Pear Plum...

...recognized Mark Croft singing at the top of his voice: Little jack Horner sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie; He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good hoy am I. " The boys laughed uproariously and began dancing about, singing it again. Giles smiled and...

...child has seen snow!) Little Jack Horner, Sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas Pie, He put in a thumb, Pulled out a plum, And said, 'What a good boy am I!' You can illustrate this rhyme to your child by actions, using hands and fingers and a plastic mixing...

...For example, Ellen composed a song against it, which ran: Silly old Boney Sat on his Pony, Eating his Christmas Pie, He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And said, 'What a good boy am I,' and the smaller girls sang it without stopping for three hours. At the end of the day the Principal...

...under the haystack fast asleep. "Little Jack Horner" A nursery rhyme: Little lack Horner sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie: He put in his thumb,...and pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy ami!" "Little Miss Muffet" A nursery rhyme: Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating some curds and...