 | 1788 - 402 頁
...mi. Oh, dear ! let's fee it. Tug. It's a foog, Mi&; I'll fing it to you, if you pleafs. AIR. 1, And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman. Who at Black-friars- Bridge us'd for to ply ; And he feather'd his oars with fuch drill and dexterity, Winning «aeh heart,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 662 頁
...bluntly saying, " By your leave, Miss," he succeeded in getting the boat out of the little creek, in which it had been moored. Now they were fairly out...waterman, Who at Blackfriars used for to ply ? He feather 'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye." 75... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 頁
...and amusing to Lucy; she listened to the sound of the oars, and watched the sparkling drops, banging from their edges, as the men lifted them from the...dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye." E 2 As they rowed along, they saw a pretty villa on the banks of the river. Lucy suddenly started up... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1827 - 356 頁
...who was much heavier; and then seeming satisfied, said, " She is well trimmed now." Lucy perceived that she meant the boat, and now understood, that...dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye." E 2 As they rowed along, they saw a pretty villa on the banks of the river. Lucy suddenly started up... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 344 頁
...of the air against the oars, as they were moved forward, in order to replunge them in the water. " Now I understand," said Lucy, " that verse in the...hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars bridge us'd for to ply ? He feather'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart and... | |
 | 1838 - 354 頁
...! let's see it ? Tug. It's a song, misa ; I'll sing it to you, if you please. AIR.— TOM TOG. And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply ? He looked so neat, and rowed so steaddy, The maidens all flocked in his boat... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1841 - 406 頁
...Polly would never receive me, So again I heav'd anchor — Yo, Yea ! THE JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN. AND did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars bridge used for to ply ? He feather'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart, and... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1842 - 414 頁
...their edges, as the men lifted them from the water. They raised them out of the water, not edgewise, but with the flat part, or blade, horizontal, as you...waterman, Who at Blackfriars used for to ply ? He feathered his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye.' " As... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1842 - 412 頁
...their edges, as the men lifted them from the water. They raised them out of the water, not edgewise, but with the flat part, or blade, horizontal, as you...Did you not hear of a jolly young waterman. Who at Hlackfriars used for to ply ? He feathered Ins oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1845 - 328 頁
...In this piece, Tom Tug, the hero,* is in love with a gardener's daughter, before whom he sings, And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars' Bridge us'd for to ply ; He feather*d his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart, and... | |
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They raised them out of the water, not edgeways, but with the flat part, or blade, horizontal, as you would raise a spoonful of any liquid. The use of this, as Harry perceived, was to diminish the resistance of the air against the oars, as they were moved... 
