 | British periodicals - 1822 - 688 pages
...the plain ; And backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. And pray how was the Devil drest, Oh! he was in his Sunday best. His coat was red and his breeches were blue, With a hole behind where his tail came through.... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 456 pages
...over the plain, And backward and forward he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. And pray how was the devil drest? Oh, he was in his Sunday's best: His coat was red, his breeches were blue, With a hole behind, which his tail went through. He saw a lawyer killing... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...the plain ; And backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. And pray how was the devil drest, Oh ! he was in his Sunday best. His coat was red and his breeches were blue, With a hole behind where his tail came through.... | |
 | Richard Gooch - College verse - 1823 - 310 pages
...backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. " And pray now, how was the devil drest ?" Oh, he was in his Sunday's best ; His coat it was red, and his breeches were blue, With a hole behind, which his tail went through. He saw a lawyer... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. " And pray now, how was the devil drest ?" Oh, he was in his Sunday's best ; His coat it was red, and his breeches were blue, With a hole behind, which his tail went through. He saw a lawyer... | |
 | Cambridge tart - English poetry - 1823 - 318 pages
...backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. " And pray now, how was the devil drest ?" Oh, he was in his Sunday's best ; His coat it was red, and his breeches were blue, He saw a lawyer killing a viper On a dunghill by his own stable... | |
 | George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...rambled, and over the plain : And backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, " And pray now, how was the devil drest }" Oh, he was in his Sunday's best ; His coat it was red, and his breeches were blue, With a hole behind, which his tail went through. He saw a lawyer... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...backwards ami forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane. "And pray now, how was the devil drest?" Oh, he was in his Sunday's best ; His coat it was red, and his breeches were blue, With a hole behind, which his tail went through. He saw a lawyer... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1828 - 386 pages
...plain, And backward and forward he swished his long tail As a gentleman swishes his can e. And how then was the Devil drest ? Oh ! he was in his Sunday's best : His jacket was red and his breeches were blue And there was a hole where the tail came through. He saw... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 586 pages
...person who had the good fortune to get a glimpse of the real Devil was the late Professor Pursuit, and he has taken the pains to describe his apparel...the subject. The Professor's description runs thus : — u And pray how was the Devil drest ? Oh ! he was in his Sunday's best : His coat was black, and... | |
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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. 
