| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 strani
...the smile that was childlike and bland. * Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve. And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve,...aces and bowers, And the same with intent to deceive. 3« But the hands that were played By that heathen Chinee, And the points that he made, Were quite... | |
| Louis Untermeyer - 1925 - 664 strani
...With a smile that was childlike and bland. Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve, Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers, But the hands that were played By that heathen Chinee, And the points that he made, Were quite frightful... | |
| Louis Untermeyer - 1925 - 666 strani
...With a smile that was childlike and bland. Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve, Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers, But the hands that were played By that heathen Chinee, And the points that he made, Were quite frightful... | |
| Bret Harte - 1926 - 36 strani
...the smile that was childlike and bland. Yet the cards that were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve:...aces and bowers, And the same with intent to deceive. By that heathen Chinee, And the points that he made, Were quite frightful to see; Till at last he put... | |
| Bret Harte, Mark Twain - 1927 - 264 strani
...Horse Flat" William conceals the "bower" in his boot, and in " The Heathen Chinee" it is: " . . . . Nye's sleeve; Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers, And the same with intent to deceive" In each poem it is, as Harte said, "the old, old story of misplaced confidence and violated trust.... | |
| Grace De Motte Veatch - 1928 - 158 strani
...a smile that was child-like and bland. Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve, Which was stuffed with aces and bowers, And the same with an intent to deceive. But the hands that were played By that... | |
| United States Armed Forces Institute - 1942 - 742 strani
...understand; But he smiled as he sat by the table, Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve, Which was stuffed full of aces and And the same with intent to deceive. But the hands that were played By that heathen Chinee, And the... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 strani
...the smile that was childlike and hland. Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve, Which was stuffed full of aces and howers, And the same with intent to deceive. But the hands that were played By that heathen Chinee,... | |
| Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - 1998 - 598 strani
...Bill, and says, feigning moral indignation: Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye's sleeve:...aces and bowers, And the same with intent to deceive. Both James and his cheating friend have misjudged their opponent, however, and are swindled themselves.... | |
| Gary Noy - 1999 - 492 strani
...cards they were stacked In a way that I grieve, And my feelings were shocked At the state of Nye 's sleeve; Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers,...frightful to see — Till at last he put down a right bowers, Which the same Nye had dealt unto me. Then I looked up at Nye, And he gazed upon me; And he... | |
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