 | 1863 - 362 pagina’s
...page, That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knight-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...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 : It had been 'prentice... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 pagina’s
...page, That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knight-errants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap 'twould not care ; T won Id make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth : It had been 'prentice... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 pagina’s
...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...scrape 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... | |
 | 1866 - 390 pagina’s
...dwarfs upon 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... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 442 pagina’s
...That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As Dwarfs upon Knights errants do. ... When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers or chip bread. . . .'T would make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth. 2. Quoth Hudibras,... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 pagina’s
...dwarfs upon knights-errant 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...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 ferth : It had been "prentice... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 pagina’s
...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...tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care. 'T would make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth. It had been 'prentice... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 340 pagina’s
...waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do.2 Jt was a serviceable dudgeon,3 Either for righting or for drudging. When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers,4 or chip bread ; Toast cheeses or bacon, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pagina’s
...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 or for drudging : When it had stabbed, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, though... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pagina’s
...page. That was but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knight-crrants do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...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 : It had been 'prentice... | |
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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... 
