 | Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 pagina’s
...page, That was but little for his age; And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knigts-errant do When it had stabb'd or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers or chip bread .... 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth. ЭШео toirb... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pagina’s
...do: It was a serviceable dudguon, Either for fighting, or for drudging : When it hadstabbed or broku a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread; Toast cheese or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, would not care: 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 270 pagina’s
...errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, 3 so 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 it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care: 3s5 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 276 pagina’s
...errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, 380 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 it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 385 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 pagina’s
...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 it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care ; 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pagina’s
...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 or for drudging : When it had stabbed, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon, though it... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 516 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. 12 Qnoth Hudibras'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1885 - 300 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 it... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1886 - 536 pagina’s
...all that can be absolutely stated. But one may add an illustration from Sir Hudibras' dagger, which 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, &c. Shortly afterwards occurs the... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pagina’s
...That \vas but little for his age, And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs unto 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, though it... | |
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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... 
