 | English poetry - 1863 - 478 pages
...knight-errants 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, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap 'twould not care; Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pages
...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...though 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 : It had been 'prentice... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1864 - 518 pages
...It was a serviceable dudgeon, § Either for fighting or for drudging :J| 3£t 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... | |
 | 1866 - 390 pages
...knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging: sat When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip...bread ; Toast cheese or bacon ; though it were To bate a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'T would make clean shoes, and in the earth ass Set leeks and... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 pages
...dd : It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging: . 383 When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread; • Toast cheese or bacon; tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care: 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...dwarfs upon knights-errant do : It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging : When it had stabbed, or broke a head, It would scrape...though 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 In the holsters, at... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 pages
...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, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care. 'T would make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...As dwarfs upon knight-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging. When it had stabbed or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap 'twould not care ; Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...knight-crrants 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, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap 'twould not care ; 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...As dwarfs unto knight-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging. oded creatures ? niouse-trnp 't would not care ; 'T would make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and... | |
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