 | John Paul Ritchie - 1878 - 184 Seiten
...HORNER. THE SPIRIT OF SELF-SATISFACTION. " 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 ! '" IT would serve no profitable purpose to discuss the age or authorship of these immortal lines.... | |
 | James Jackson Wray - 1878 - 258 Seiten
...The plwm cake, please ! ' TOM. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas plum cake ; He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And said, ' 0 what a man I shall make ! ' MABEL. You 've answered my riddle, Both ends and the middle, You 've... | |
 | David Thomas - 1879 - 448 Seiten
...upon Nursery Rhymes, such as : — " Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner, Eating his Christinas pie : He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And said, ' What a good boy am I.' " The subject of the discourse founded on this, is the spirit of self,satisfaction. Another text is... | |
 | Clara Bradford - 1880 - 228 Seiten
...apparently not much the worse for the tumble. " 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 ! " As the guests sang a pretty boy doll, with a large pie tucked under his arm, came running to the... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 96 Seiten
...over the bleak plain. JACK GOOD-BOY. 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 boy am I!" ICE ON THE POND. praise brook pride prank prize brim brave breeze frost freeze Fred Frank On one side... | |
 | Church congress - 1882 - 606 Seiten
...which I disliked so much as that little Jack Homer, who sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie, and he put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, and said what a good boy am I, and there is no more offensive person in real life than he who is continually bringing out the same... | |
 | Eleanor W. Talbot - 1887 - 52 Seiten
...love for evermore, Pretty Bobby Shaftoe. ITTLE Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, " What a great boy am I! " NAIL, Snail, Come out of your hole, Or else I will beat you Black as a coal. Snail,... | |
 | Johanne Lohse - 1884 - 152 Seiten
...I disliked so much as that little Jack Horner, who sat in a corner, eating his Christmas' pie, and he put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, and said " what a good boy am I ; " and there is no more offensive person in real life than he who is continually bringing out the... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 204 Seiten
...VIII. LITTLE JACK'S CHRISTMAS DINNER. Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, Eating his Christmas pie; He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And said, " O, what a brave boy am I! " REPRODUCTION X. THE BUTTERFLY AND THE SNAIL. All upstarts, insolent in... | |
 | 1884 - 734 Seiten
...and remember the old nursery stave : " Little Jack Homer sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, and said, ' What a smart boy am I.' " There are very many Jack Homers in journalism. BUBN-BRAE. — There is nowhere to... | |
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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! 
