You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head - Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the... The Literary World - ˹éÒ 231870ÁØÁÁͧ·Ñé§àÅèÁ - à¡ÕèÂǡѺ˹ѧÊ×ÍàÅèÁ¹Õé
| William Louis Ettinger - 1922 - 248 ˹éÒ
...William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, "I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth,... | |
| Mary Fontaine Laidley - 1922 - 410 ˹éÒ
...Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure my brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again. " EXERCISE Punctuate... | |
| Frank A. McAlister - 1922 - 376 ˹éÒ
...Father William,' the young man said 'And your hair has hecome very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ?'" THE collapse of Broadhurst's efforts at sociable reconstruction and of Arnold's counter-offensive... | |
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1924 - 324 ˹éÒ
...we might paraphrase — in words addressed to another Father William: And yet you incessantly stand on your head: Do you think, at your age, it is right? My own judgment would place Conington first among competitors, with Sir Theodore Martin second (surpassing... | |
| Robert Haven Schauffler - 1925 - 474 ˹éÒ
...Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm' perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth,... | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart - 1925 - 724 ˹éÒ
...William,' his young niece said. 'And your hair has become very white. 'And yet you incessantly stand on your head. 'Do you think, at your age, it is right ?' " In preparation for the detective's visit she has laid out my best silk pajamas, and her reason for doing... | |
| George Percy Jacomb Hood - 1925 - 398 ˹éÒ
...though not as old as " Father William " in " Alice in Wonderland " (" And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right ? "), he was a man of forty-five and weighed 14 or 15 stone, but instead of opening a high and spikey... | |
| Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 ˹éÒ
...William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old,'' said the youth,... | |
| Louis Untermeyer - 1926 - 414 ˹éÒ
...William," the young man said, " And your hair has become very white ; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is...son, " I feared it might injure the brain ; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." " You are old," said the youth,... | |
| De Wolf Hopper, Wesley Winans Stout - 1927 - 288 ˹éÒ
...Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right ?" A man being as young as he feels, I am a flaming youth. My voice and limbs still perform easily... | |
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