 When gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded ; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. A wight he was, whose very sight would...  The Sportsman - Page 17Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...resolutions forthe good of hit country. His Canto I. HUDIRRAS. :i A wight he was, whose very sight would l5 Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never bow.'d his stubborn knee To any thing but chivalry, Nor put up blow, but that which laid Knight Worshipful on shoulder blade; 20... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 416 pages
...of a stiek;* Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a eolonelling.f A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never bow'd his stubborn knee To any thing but Chivaley ;$ Nor put up blow, but that whieh laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade ;... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 456 pages
...of a stick;* Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling.f A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never bow'd his stubborn knee To any thing but Chivalry ;t Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade ;... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...a stick 4 ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling s. A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never bow'd his stubborn knee To any thing but Chivalry6; Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder-blade; Chief... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. A wight he fl.•.,!-. ions s any thing but chivalry, Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right worshipful on shoulder-blade ; Chief... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 pages
...Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. A wight he was, whose very sight would 15 Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, That never bow'd his stubborn knee To any thing but chivalry, Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right Worshipful on shoulder blade ; so... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1845 - 700 pages
...when to be deaf and dumb any longer would have shown that his brain " Outweighed his rage bat half 8 grain." Then he made a market of my Lord, and, in...blaze, and who mortally eschew a varlet who can't give you a good dinner, and who's name's not in the ' Court Gazette.' " " Ah," said I, musingly, recollecting... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...instead of a stick ; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling. A wight he was, [ ORC> K1 ƻ 7] a` $H ȖvU H^ y5 p d M -s A ( h J ' } stubboru knee To anything but chivalry, Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right worshipful on shoulder-blade... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. A wight ho was, whose ven' ; Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right-worshipful on shoulder-blade : Chief of domestic knights... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pages
...college, yet holding him up to the most unsparing ridicule for their misapplication : " A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him, Mirror of Knighthood ; That never bow'd his stubborn knee To any thing but chivalry; Nor put up blow, but that which laid Right worshipful on shoulder-blade," The... | |
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