 | Steam boat companion - 1824 - 228 pages
...family. Alone, unarm'd, a Tiger he oppresa'd, And crnsh'd to death the monster of a beast ;* Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew " > Singly on foot,...slew, > Disperst the rest; what more could Sampson do ?) That elegant structure on the neck of land protruding so suddenly on the Thames, at the western... | |
 | A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 pages
...lines: " Alone, unarm'd, a tiger he oppress' tl, And crush' d to death the monster of a beast; Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, Singly on foot, some wounded, some he slew ; Dispersed the rest; what more could Samson do?" What, indeed!— or Baron Muncluusen either) object... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 390 pages
...the -epitaph : " Alone, unarm'd, a tyger he oppress'd, And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. t Twice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew Singly on foot, some wounded, some he slew, Dispers'd the rest — what more could Samson do T" At the east end of the church is a neat tablet,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Architecture - 1834 - 682 pages
...was his name ; Witness his actions of immortal fame : Alone, unarmed, a tiger he opprest, And crushed to death the monster of a beast. Twice twenty mounted...overthrew, Singly on foot, some wounded, some he slew. Dispersed the rest, — what more could Sampson do ? True to his friends, a terror to his foes, Here... | |
 | 1837 - 650 pages
...was his name ; Witness his actions of immortal fame : Alone, unarmed, a tiger he opprest, And crushed to death the monster of a beast. Twice twenty mounted...overthrew, Singly on foot, some wounded, some he slew, Dispersed the rest, — what more could Sampson do ? True to his friends, a terror to his foes, Here... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...fame. Alone, unarm'd, a tiger he oppress'd, And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. t. Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, '' 1 son do? J ew, V Dispers'd the rest: what more could Sampson < True to his friends, a terror to... | |
 | Charles Mackay - England, Southern - 1840 - 426 pages
...lines : — Alone, unarm'd, a tiger he oppress'd, And crush'd to death the monster of a beast ; Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, Singly on foot — some wounded, some he slew, Dispersed the rest — what more could Samson do ? The etymology of the word Battersea has often puzzled... | |
 | Samuel Tymms - Counties - 1842 - 256 pages
...informed by the inscription on the monument of Sir Edward Wynter that, Alone, unarm'd, a tyger lie oppress'd, And crush'd to death the monster of a beast:...overthrew. Singly, on foot; some wounded, some he slew ; Disjiorst the rest.. what more could Sampson do ? —Here were buried Thomas Astle, the antiquary,... | |
 | James Thorne - Thames River (England) - 1847 - 480 pages
...but much honour — " Witness his actions of immortal fame ! — Alone, unarm'd, a tiger he opprest, And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. Twice...some he slew, Disperst the rest — What more could Samson do ?" What more, indeed ! "Wordsworth talks of forty men fighting (or feeding) like one : here... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1854 - 560 pages
...performance of the two extraordinary feats commemorated in the inscription : — Alone, imarm'd, a tygor he oppress'd, And crush'd to death the monster of...he overthrew. Singly on foot ; some wounded, some ho slew, Dispersed the reat.— What more could Sampson do? The parish register records the interment... | |
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And crush'd to death the monster of a beast. Thrice twenty mounted Moors he overthrew, Singly, on foot, some wounded, some he slew, Dispersed the rest, — what more could Samson do ? True to his friends, a terror to his foes, Here now in peace his honour'd... 
