...better, because there is a conscious humour in the original, as well as in the translation : — " The man in the wilderness asked me How many strawberries...sea? I answered him as I thought good — As many as red herrings grow in the wood." " Quidam in dcsertis blanda me voce rogabat. ' Fraga quot in pelagi...

...the little boy that lives in the lain The man in the wilderness. Asked me, How many strawberries Grew in the sea ? I answered him as I thought good, As many red herrings As grew in the wood; Little Robin Redbreast Sat upon a tree, Up went the Pussy-Cat, And down went he ;...

...peteret mea basia, mecum Luderet — ad certain mittitur illa necem ! HD THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS. THE man in the wilderness asked me, ' How many strawberries grow in the sea Г I answered him, as I thought good, ' As many as red herrings grow in the wood.' GAMMER GURTON. EPISTLE...

...better, because there is a conscious humour in the original, as well as in the translation : — " The man in the wilderness asked me How many strawberries grow in the sea? As many as red herrings grow in the wood." " Quidam in desertis blanda me voce rogabat, I answered...

...What should we have for drink? CCLXXV. THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea ? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. CCLXXVI. HERE am I, little jumping Joan ; When nobody's with me,...

...think that I'm gone mad: For many a joyful day My fiddle and I have had. THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS. The man in the wilderness asked me, " How many strawberries...sea ? '* I answered him as I thought good, " As many as red herrings grow in the wood." THE DILEMMA. JOHANNULI FIDES. Trade fides illas, mihi trade, Johannulc,...

...which I have unfortunately mislaid.] THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea ? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. CCLX. [The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery...

...which I have unfortunately mislaid.] THE man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in the sea? I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. 258. [The conclusion of the following resembles a verse in the nursery...

...stated before, is a hill in Aberdeenshire. There is an English version of this piece of rustic wit — A man in the wilderness asked me, ' How many strawberries...good, * As many red herrings as grow in the wood.' TAUNT FOR SILLY BOASTERS. Poor haiverel Will, and lang-skinned Jock, They think themselves twa clever...

...gratification from the lines— " The man in the wilderness asked me, 1 How many strawberries grew in the sea ?' I answered him, as I thought good, ' As many red herrings as grow in the wood.'" , Let the sentimentalist, then, occasionally lay aside his Byron, the mora 1st his Milton, the humorist...