 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...  The poems of George Huddesford - Pagina 17door George Huddesford - 1801Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 pagina’s
...dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging : 3110 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 : Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 pagina’s
...^/t^CV • was a serviceable dudgeon, **- "~, 7 > Af Either for fighting or for drudging : ^^038o~ When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacoir;" though it were To bate a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : Twould make clean shoes, and in the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pagina’s
...dwarfs upon knights errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon/ Either for fighting or for drudging:8 380 When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scrape trenchers, or chip bread, Toast cheese or bacon,9 though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 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...trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese, or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care." As the tlUf I«lff and the whittle were probably... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 pagina’s
...That was but little for his acre ; And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting...trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese, or bacon, though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care." As the UntlUtt and the whittle were probably... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pagina’s
...That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights errant do : yours doth stay. Fran. Even as I hope for pardon at that day, When the great judge though it were To bait a mouse-trap, 'twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth... | |
 | 1843 - 830 pagina’s
...poetical prophecy, in the following charming portrait of the dagger of his " Sir Knight :" — It iras 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pagina’s
...That was but little for his age ; And therefore waited on him so As dwarfs upon knights-errant do: , though it were To bait a mouse-trap, would not care : 'T would make clean shoes, and in the earth Set... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1844 - 1382 pagina’s
...as a poignard for example, as a sacrificial instrument, and as a common knife : 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 mousetrap 'twould not care. There was a very elegant sort of knives among... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pagina’s
...waited on him so, As dwarfs upon knights-errant do. It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for lighting or for drudging. When it had stabb'd, or broke a head, It would scra]>e trenchers, or chip bread ; Toast cheese or bacon, tho' it were To bait a mouse-trap 'twould... | |
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