 | Lewis Carroll - 1911 - 200 sider
...white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — • Do you think, at your age, it is right?" 'In my youth," father William replied to his son,...the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door — Pray, what is the reason of... | |
 | 1912 - 610 sider
...very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son,...the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you turned a back somersault in at the door — Pray, what is the reason... | |
 | J. A. Stanley Adam, Bernard C. White - 1912 - 620 sider
...very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head, Do you think at your age it is right ? " " In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "...the youth, " as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat ; Yet you turned a back somersault in at the door, Pray, what is the reason of... | |
 | 1912 - 912 sider
...Father William reminds us of an old politician. "Why do you stand on your head?" says the young man. " ' In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, '...sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again'." The sight of a member of the cabinet standing on his head might insult our sense of decorum'; but apparently... | |
 | Walter Jerrold, Robert Maynard Leonard - 1913 - 460 sider
...white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ?' ' In my youth/ Father William replied to his son, '...the youth, ' as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back -somersault in at the door — Pray, what is the reason... | |
 | Woods Hutchinson - 1913 - 476 sider
...very white. And yet you so constantly stand on your head, Do you think at your age it is right ? " " In my youth," Father William replied to his son, ~ I feared it might injure the brain But now that I 'm perfectly sure I 've got none Why I do it again and again." The counsel of old age is very valuable... | |
 | Boris Sidis - 1913 - 320 sider
...become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think at your age it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure my brain; But now I am perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." At the same time... | |
 | Archibald MacMechan - 1914 - 328 sider
...very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think at your age it is right? " "In my youth," Father William replied to his son,...perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." And so the improving conversation goes on from the question of the back somersault in at the door and... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 sider
...Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I [eared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly...the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door — Pray, what is the reason of... | |
 | Oliver Herford - 1918 - 150 sider
...WILHELM— \Continued] "In my youth," Father Wilhelm replied to his son, "I hated my honour to stain But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the Prince, "and you're getting quite bent, And rheumatic, yet only just now, You turned a back somersault... | |
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You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the... 
