 Either for chartel or for warrant : Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle : Mighty he was at both of these, And sty I'd of war as well as peace. (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or...  Hudibras: The first [-third and last] part - Página 2de Samuel Butler - 1709 - 226 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | George Campbell - 1860 - 458 páginas
...distinguished by the name of the ludicrous. Another specimen from the same author you have in these lines : " Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle, Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war as well as peace: So some rats of amphibious... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 páginas
...examples from lliulibms will show Butler's intimate knowledge of legal forms and phraseology : — Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle. — ii So lawyers, but the bear defendant, And plaintiff dog. should make an end on't, Do... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 páginas
...Chivalry,5 Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade ; Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench, great in the saddle,7 That could as well bind o'er as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styl'd of War,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 páginas
...chivalry ; Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right-worshipful on shoulder-blade : Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel or for warrant : Great on the bench, great on the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle : Mighty he was at both of these, And styled... | |
 | 1866 - 390 páginas
...consistent with his oflice and humour, that they are no longer to be called fabulous or improbable. Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench,...great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these st And styl'd of War, as well as Peace : (So some rats, of... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1890 - 342 páginas
...chivalry, Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade ; 20 Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench, great in the saddle ni2 Alluding to their vehement action in the pulpit, and their beating it with their fists, as if they... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 páginas
...He kneeled to the King when he knighted aim, but seldom upon any other occasion. Chief of domesjic knights and errant, Either for chartel or for warrant...in the saddle, •That could as well bind o'er as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styl'd of War, as well as Peace : (So some rats, of amphibious... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 páginas
...chivalry ; Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade : Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel or for warrant...great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle : Mighty he was at both of these, And sty I'd of war as well as peace. (So some rats, of amphibious... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1869 - 418 páginas
...boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn.' Hudibras. The next is from the same poem : — ' Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle. Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war as well as peace : So soine rats of amphibious... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 páginas
...which laid Knight worshipful on shoulder blade. Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for cartel or for warrant, Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er, as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war as well as peace.2 (So some rats, of amphibious... | |
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