 As dwarfs upon knights-errant do : It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging : When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mousetrap, 'twould not...  The poems of George Huddesford - Σελίδα 17των George Huddesford - 1801Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 σελίδες
...upon Knights Errant do. It was a serviceable dndgeon, Either for fighting or for drndging. • 380 When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bre-ad ; Toast cheese or haeon ; tho' it were .To hait a mouse-trap, 'twould not cafre. 'Twunld make clean shoes; and in thfe... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 σελίδες
...upon Knights-errant do ; It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting, or for drudging : Where it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care ; 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 σελίδες
...immediately excited without being expressed. I may quote also the description of Hudibras's dagger It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...for drudging. When it had stabb'd or broke a head, ' lUwould scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; ' 1 oast cheese or bacon, though it were ' To bait a mousetrap,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 σελίδες
...That was but little for bis age, And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do : It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...drudging: When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It woidd scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 σελίδες
...dwarfs upon knights errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging. 380 When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape...trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse trap, 'twould not care. 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 456 σελίδες
...That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As dwarfa upon knights-errant do : , It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon ; though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 σελίδες
...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...scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon ; though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 σελίδες
...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...head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast chcfîse or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 σελίδες
...dwarfs upon knights-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging. 380 When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape...trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mousetrap, 'twould not care. would make clean shoes, and in the earth 385... | |
 | Launcelot Sturgeon - 1823 - 262 σελίδες
...I offer a few hints for your mature consideration. The dagger was, no doubt, in days of yore— • A serviceable dudgeon, " Either for fighting or for...drudging; " When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, " It could scrape trenchers, or chip bread; " Toast cheese or bacon; though it were " To bait a mouse-trap,... | |
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