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...with courage bolder Than Serjeant Bum invading shoulder; Oft had it ta'en possession, And prisoners too, or made them run. 375 This sword a dagger had,...but little for his age: And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, 3 so Either for fighting or for...

...Sergeant Bum invading shoulder 5 Oft had it ta'en possession, And pris'ners 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...

...rancour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful. 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 : It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging...

...life or death, their fortunes sever ; But with his rusty sickle mow Both down together at a blow. n This sword a dagger had his page, That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As Dwarfs upon Knights errants do. . . When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers...

...xal hem kylle or he xal me." Their constant use by military men is alluded to in " Hudibras : " — " This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age." Scottish daggers or quhingars " bravelie and maist artificiallie made and embroiderit with gold" appear...

...grave and the state's were made. His dagger has a paragraph to itself: — This sword a dagger had as page, That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knight-errants4 do. It was a serviceable dudgeon,6 Either for fighting or for drudging....

...Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound." — Shenstone. (c) " This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age." — Sutler. (d) " My banks they are furnished with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep. " — Shenstone....

...Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound. " — Shenstone. (c) " This sword a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age. " — Sutler. (d) " My banks they are furnished with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep." —...

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