Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when... Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae: Preface - Sayfa 1851817Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 sayfa
...A woman's under linen. SHI'FTER. ns [from shift.'] One who plays tricks ; a man of artifice. T was such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. 4 Mlltx. SHI'FTLESS. adj. [from :bift.~\ Wanting expedients ; wanting means... | |
| Select collection - 1806 - 262 sayfa
...old Hobson, d«ath has broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt : Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; Por he had any time this ten year's full, Dodg'd with him betwixt Cambridge... | |
| Collection - 1806 - 286 sayfa
...old Hobson ! Death has broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with him between Cambridge... | |
| 1806 - 284 sayfa
...old Hobson ! Death has broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with him between Cambridge... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 sayfa
...old Hobson ; Death hatn broke hisgi«i And here, alas, haih laid him in the dirt, Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had any time this ten years full Dodg'd with him, betwixt Cambridge... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 sayfa
...old Hobson; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with him betwixt Cambridge... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 418 sayfa
...old Hobson; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with him betwixt Cambridge... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 sayfa
...hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slo ugh, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with him betwixt Cambridge... | |
| James Storer - 1810 - 396 sayfa
...old Hobson ; Death bath broke bis girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'T WHS such a shifter, that if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For... | |
| Ancient relics - 1812 - 220 sayfa
...old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had, many time, this ten year full, Dodg'd with him betwixt Cambridge... | |
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