| Ida Ashworth Taylor - 1822 - 414 pagina’s
...? An old proverbe ther is, & y' most true, yl a lyving dogge is better than a dead lyon. Oh ! that it would please her good grace to give me life, yea the life of a dogge, if I might but ly ve and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her honble services, as- 1 have the best part... | |
| 1822 - 696 pagina’s
...? An old proverbe ther is, & y' most true, y' a lyving dogge is better than a dead lyon. Oh ! that it would please her good grace to give me life, yea the life of a dogge, if 1 might but lyve and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her honble services, as I have the... | |
| Thomas Cromwell - 1835 - 486 pagina’s
...old proverb there is, and that most true, that a livinge dogge is better than a dead lyon. Oh ! that it would please her good Grace to give me life, yea, the life of a dogge, that I might live and kiss her feet !" In 1557, four years after the decapitation of the duke, Queen... | |
| Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1835 - 486 pagina’s
...old proverb there is, and that most true, that a livinge dogge is better than a dead lyon. Oh ! that it would please her good Grace to give me life, yea, the life of a dogge, that I might live and kiss her feet !" In 1557, four years after the decapitation of the duke, Queen... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1839 - 548 pagina’s
...Northumberland. 1553. MANY LAST SPEECHES. 229 true, ' That a living dog is better than a dead lion.' Oh, that it would please her good Grace to give me life ! yea, the life of a dog, if I might but live and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her honourable service !"... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1840 - 908 pagina’s
...old proverb there is, and that most true, ' That a living dog is better than a dead lion.' Oh ! that it would please her good Grace to give me life! yea, the life of a dog, if I might but live and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her honourable service.'... | |
| Moses Aaron Richardson - 1843 - 436 pagina’s
...; (an old proverbe there is) y' most true, y' a lyvinge doggo is better than a dead Lyon.* Oh ! y' it would please her good grace to give me life, yea the life of a dogge, y1 1 might but lyve, and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her hon'ble services, as I have... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 pagina’s
...old proverb there is, and it is most true, that a living dog is better than a dead lion. Oh ! that it would please her good Grace to give me life, yea, the life of a dog, if I might but live and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her honourable service,... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1853 - 310 pagina’s
...! that it would please her good gr; ce to give me life, yea the life of a dog, if I might but live and kiss her feet, and spend both life and all in her honorable service, as I have the best part already under her worthy and mos: glorious father. Oh !... | |
| Henrietta Keddie - 1859 - 424 pagina’s
...Fox's pupil had died for the Catholic cause, though no renegade, no abject slave, shrieking ' Oh, that it would please her good Grace to give me life — yea, the life of a dog ;' but a gallant, hesitating, obtuse enough English gentleman, arrested at St. Alban's, detained... | |
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