 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?  The Nursery Rhymes of England - Стр. 1331858 - Страниц: 333Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1884 - Страниц: 168
...given our horse a forenoon's rest, we planned a visit to that spot immortalised by nursery rhyme — "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks ; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits ; Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
 | Caroline M. Churchill - 1884 - Страниц: 356
...was going to Saint Ives I met seven wives; each wife had seven sacks; each sack had seven cats; each cat had seven kits — kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to Saint Ives? I am not prepared to state whetl^er the foregoing can be classed with conundrums,... | |
 | Amanda Bartlett Haris - 1886 - Страниц: 122
...was going to Saint Ives I met seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits, Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to Saint Ives ? And there was the other, which was an aggravating puzzle to us infants, about... | |
 | 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...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 miss, And she... | |
 | 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...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 in his hand, a stone... | |
 | 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...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 in his hand, a stone... | |
 | 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... | |
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