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" With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was when it I took, And a pen I leave it still. "
The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 261
by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810
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The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Volumes 1-2

Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...wsth one pen, on which he composed the following lines : " With one sole pen I wrote this hook, Blade And a pen 1 leave It still." GOTHIC IGNORANCE. The Goths had no natural literature; literature, in...
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Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First Discovery

Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1848 - 746 pages
...of hU translations with one pen, upon which he made the following verses: With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was, when I it took, And a pen I leave it still. Fuller's Worthies of England. about 60 persons. It was 14 miles south of...
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The fortunes of Nigel

Walter Scott - 1853 - 664 pages
...than the uumhct mentioned in the text, has this quatram at the eud of the volume— " With one good pen I wrote this book. Made of a grey goose quill : A pen it was when it 1 took, And a pen I leave it still." 9. Page 89. The dress of this monarch, together with his personal...
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History of the Early Discovery of America and Landing of the Pilgrims: With ...

Samuel G. Drake - America - 1854 - 782 pages
...of hia translations with one pen, upon which he made the following verses: With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was, when I it took, And a pen I leave it still. Fuller's Worthies of England. about 60 persons. It was 14 miles south of...
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The History of Great Yarmouth, Volume 1

Henry Manship - Great Yarmouth (England) - 1854 - 492 pages
...single pen, — a feat he celebrated in the following stanza, " With one sole pen I wrote this hook, " Made of a grey goose quill ; " A pen it was when I it took, — "And a pen I leave it still!" Descended from an ancient Lancashire family, he was born at Chelmsford...
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The Aboriginal Races of North America: Comprising Biographical Sketches of ...

Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1859 - 794 pages
...of hii translations with one pen, upon which he made the following verses: With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was, when I it took, And a pen I leave it still. Fuller's Worthies of England. •* Douglass, Hist. America, i. 172, note....
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A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...he wrote with one pen, whereon he himself thus pleasantly versified : — " With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was when it I took, And a pen I leave it still." This monumental pen he solemnly kept, and showed to my reverend...
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A manual of English literature and of the history of the English language ...

George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...he wrote with one pen, whereon he himself thus pleasantly versified : — " With one sole pen I writ this book, Made of a grey goose quill : A pen it was when it I took, And a pen I leave it still." • This monumental pen he solemnly kept, and showed to my...
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An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors ...

John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...hope? 2. It can write and spell baith, in right hands. SCOTT.— Redgauntlet, Chap. XII. With one good pen I wrote this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was when it I took, And a pen I leave it still. GILL. [This man wrote a Biblical Commentary, which Sir Walter...
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Home chat with our young folks

Clara L. Matéaux - 1870 - 274 pages
...You are not at all like that author who, after writing a thick volume, finished it by stating — " ' With one sole pen I wrote this book, Made of a grey goose quill ; A pen it was when it I took, A pen I leave it still.' for you only leave stumps, it seems to me, when you have written...
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