 | Flora Annie Steel - 1884 - 486 páginas
...The mouse began to gnaw the rope, The rope began to bind the ox, The ox began to drink the water, The water began to quench the fire, The fire began to burn the stick, The stick began to beat the snake, The snake began to bite the Queen, The Queen began to coax the King, The King began to kill... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Crane - 1885 - 430 páginas
...began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to...stile, and so the old woman got home that night." 6 The Italian versions may be divided into two classes : first, where the animals and inanimate objects... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - 1886 - 160 páginas
...causation, each link of which fastens itself on to a link more distant. As in the familiar nursery tale : the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began...beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig ; the pig began to get over the stile ; and so the poor old woman got home to her supper. It may be observed... | |
 | William Alexander Clouston - 1887 - 510 páginas
...rope began to hang the butcher, the butcher began to kill the ox, the ox began to drink the water, the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to...over the stile, and so the old woman got home that night.1 1 The Scotch version, entitled the Wife and her Bush of Berries, agrees very closely with this... | |
 | 1913 - 1344 páginas
...nursery fable (if we may borrow from so humble source without lowering the dignity of our case), to wit : "The fire began to burn the stick, the stick began to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the pig, and so the pig jumped over the stile, and the old woman got home that night" The record shows that... | |
 | 1895 - 748 páginas
...rope began to hang the butcher, the butcher began to kill the ox, the ox began to drink the water, the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to...to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the pig, the pig got over the stile, and the old woman got home that night. "The House that Jack Built," and other... | |
 | C. J. T. - 1890 - 222 páginas
...rope began to hang the butcher, the butcher began to kill the ox, the ox began to drink the water, the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to...began to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the pig, and piggy, in a fright, jumped over the stile, and so, after all, the old woman got safe home that... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1890 - 332 páginas
...rope began to hang the butcher, the butcher began to kill the ox, the ox began to drink the water, the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to burn the stick, the stick began to beat the pig, and the wee pig began to run over the bridge." Just here the powder-candle went off with a blackening... | |
 | C. J. T. - 1891 - 216 páginas
...rope began to hang the butcher, the butcher began to kill the ox, the ox began to drink the water, the water began to quench the fire, the fire began to...began to beat the dog, the dog began to bite the pig, and piggy, in a fright, jumped over the stile, and so, after all, the old woman got safe home that... | |
 | Duchess - 1891 - 200 páginas
...disputants successively and inevitably fall foul of one another reminds one of the nursery rhyme, — The fire began to burn the stick, The stick began to beat the dog, The dog began to worry the cat, The cat began to eat the rat, and so on to the end of the story. The average man who... | |
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As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire; the fire... 
