 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 ページ
...was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do : 18 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... | |
 | 1845 - 806 ページ
...suspected, that military weapons were sometimes put to household work ; thus the dagger of Hudibras " was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or...for drudging ; When it had stabb'd or broke a head, 1 1 would scrape trencher or chip bread," &c. Our remarks on the work before us cannot be very minutely... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 ページ
...That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knights-errant do : rring theme. Of Myself. * him. There is no danger...nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that v though it were To bait a mouse-trap, would not care : Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | Charles Hooton - 1847 - 252 ページ
...dagger of his " Sir Knight" : — "It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for dvurl^inp; : 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." Some of the tribe, nevertheless, are too exalted... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 ページ
...That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 ページ
...knight-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgcon, Either for fighting or for drndging. When it had stabbed or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers or chip...tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap 'twould not care ; Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth : ' flabylonish dretsei... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1850 - 528 ページ
...upon knights errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeoii,§ Either for fighting or for drudging :I( 38Q When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon, IT though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 ページ
...That was I ml lit He for his age; And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knights-errant do: It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting,...When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would scrape trenches, or chip bread; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse trap, would not care... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 ページ
...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,...When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would scrape trenches, or chip bread; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse trap, would not care... | |
 | John Holland - 1853 - 438 ページ
...been equally adroit and accommodating with the swords of the fore-mentioned Cambro-Britons : — " It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...drudging ; When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would acrape trenchers, or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 't would... | |
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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... 
