 | 1806 - 408 страници
...scanip'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry : ' 38O THE POETICAL PRECEPTOR. Stop thief! stop thief! a highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 страници
...Gilpin fly, With post-boy scampering in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry :— Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman] Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 страници
...Six gentlemen upon the road, Thus seeing Gilpin fly, With postboy scamp'ring in the Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. • And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 страници
...With postboy scamp'ring in the rear, They rais'd the hue and cry:— * Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 страници
...Gilpin fly, With post-boy scampering in. the rear, They raised the hue and cry :— Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. ' And now the turnpike gates again. Flew, open in short space... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 страници
...seeing Gilpin 0y, With post-boy scamp'ring in the rear. They rais'd the hue and cry : Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 страници
...Gilpin fly, With postboy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and cry : — Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 244 страници
...Gilpin fly, With postboy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and cry :— Stop thief! stop thief!— a highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 240 страници
...fly, With postboy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and cry :— Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 страници
...Gilpin fly, With post-boy scampering in the rear, They raised the hue and cry : — Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. 236 TO THE REV. WC UNWIN. And now the turnpike gates again... | |
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Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race. 
