 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 ページ
...That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights errant do : a parent's warmth exprest, Their welfare pleas'd...were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care ; 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | 1825 - 320 ページ
...like the renowned weapon of Sir Hudibras ; — " When they have stabb'd or broke a head, They will scrape trenchers, or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon ; tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap will not care. They'll make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth ;" but... | |
 | 1827 - 674 ページ
...Stratagem, appear laughable from a similar principle. We are told of the dagger of Hudibras, that " 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 Set... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 ページ
...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...trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mousetrap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1829 - 346 ページ
...was, and perbapa may be still. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging. 360 When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape...tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care. 'Twould make clean shoes ; and in the earth 385 Set leeks and onions, and so forth. It had been 'prentice... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 ページ
...bacon, and sometime an cy or twey j For she was as it were a manner dey ! Chancer, When it had stabbed or broke a head. It would scrape trenchers or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bttcun, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap it would not care. Ifudtbrat. High o'er the hearth a chine... | |
 | John Holland - 1833 - 390 ページ
...swords of the fore-mentioned Cambro-Britons : — " It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for figlitinp or for drudging ; When it had stabb'd or broke a head,...scrape trenchers, or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse .trap, 'twould not care." At an early period, however, of Rome's ancient... | |
 | 1831 - 426 ページ
...errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging. 380 When it bad stabu'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To liait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care. Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth 385... | |
 | 1833 - 222 ページ
...have been equallyadroit and accommodating with the swords of the fore-mentioned Cambro-Britons : — " 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." At an early period, however, of Rome's ancient... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1833 - 230 ページ
...It was a serviceable dudgeon Either for fighting or fur df udging :"< When it had stabbed, or biofce a head, It would scrape trenchers or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care." The most trivial circumstance or coincidence... | |
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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... 
