| Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 492 páginas
...somebody to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt The rancor of its edge had felt. . . . This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age: And therefore waited on him so. As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging:... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1897 - 268 páginas
...this ? — » Hudibras, part i. canto I 1. 241-250. * Ibid. I. 258-280. " This sword a dagger bad, his page, That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him BO As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. ... When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers,... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 páginas
...Than Sergeant Bum invading shoulder; Oft had it ta'en possession, And prisoners too, or made them run. This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age : And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 páginas
...Sergeant Bum invading shoulder ; Oft had it ta'en possession, And prisoners too, or made them run. This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age : And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 578 páginas
...Sergeant Bum invading shoulder ; Oft had it ta'en possession, And prisoners too, or made them run. This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age : And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 468 páginas
...Than Sergeant Bum invading shoulder; Oft had it ta'en possession, And prisoners too, or made them run. This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age : And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging:... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1903 - 586 páginas
...age of government ; And tell with hieroglyphic spade Its own grave and the state's were made.' ***** 'This sword a dagger had his page, That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knight errants do.' by his coincidences or contradictions, by spinning out a long-winded... | |
| 1904 - 876 páginas
...devoured, it was so manful; And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face. This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs unto knight-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging.... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1904 - 484 páginas
...pleasure in humour such as this? — > Hudibras, part I canto i /. 211-250. ' Ibid. I. 253-280. " Thia sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. ... When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers,... | |
| Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1904 - 108 páginas
...Romeo and Juliet v. 3. According to Nares, the rapier and dagger were usually worn side by side. " His sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age : It was a serviceable dudgeon Either for fighting, or for drudging : When it had stabb'd, or broke... | |
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