 | 1820 - 438 頁
...dobbin's favour, who all this while kept on " the even tenour of his trot," " And backward and forward he switched his long tail, " As a gentleman switches his cane." And finally, his plodding industry and perseverance, as is often the case in the more important competitions... | |
 | 1836 - 694 頁
...locomotive than a man. — But in England he appeared like a gentleman, " And backwards and for* ards he switched his long tail, As a gentleman switches...some difficulties with the editors, which is apt to be the case with all gentlemen as the times go. Indeed, the Devil has become so much like a gentleman... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 712 頁
...stock goes on. n. Over the hill and over the dale, And he went over the plain, And backward and forward he switched his long tail As a gentleman switches his cane. And how then was the Devil drest ? Oh ! he was in his Sunday's best : His jacket was red and his breeches... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1868 - 714 頁
...stock goes on. n. Over the hill and over the dale, And he went over the plain, And backward and forward he switched his long tail As a gentleman switches his cane. And how then was the Devil drest ? Oh ! he was in his Sunday's best : His jacket was red and his breeches... | |
 | 1872 - 710 頁
...goes on. And over the hill and over the dale He rambled, and over the plain ; And backward and forward er Elon pray, now, how was the devil dress'd Î " Oh, he was in his Sunday's best ; His coat it was red, and... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 頁
...stock goes on. Over the hill and over the dale, And he went over the plain, And backward and forward he switched his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. And how then was the Devil drest ? OI he was in his Sunday's best ; His jacket was red and his breeches... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 頁
...stock goes on. Over the hill and over the dale, And he went over the plain ; And backward and forward he switched his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. And how then was the devil drest t Oh ! he was in his Sunday's best : His jacket was red and his breeches... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 頁
...stock goes on. Over the hill and over the dale, And he went over the plain, And backward and forward he switched his long tail As a gentleman switches his cane. And how then was the Devil dressed ? Oh ! he was in his Sunday best: His jacket was red and his breeches... | |
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Over the hill and over the dale, And he went over the plain, And backward and forward he switched his long tail As a gentleman switches his cane. 