 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...by reason of the plague. HERE lies old Uobson; Death hath brake his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt; / Or else the ways being foul, twenty...overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, 5 Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had, any time tliiv ten years full, Dodg'd with... | |
 | 1817 - 376 pages
...old Hobson ! Death hath his desire, And here (alasse) hath left him in the mire ; Or else the waies being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough,...shifter, that if truth were known, Death was half glad that he had got him down. For he hath any time this ten years full, Dog'dd him 'twixt Cambridge and... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...LONDON, BY REASON OF THE PLAGUE. HERE lies oldHobson; Death hathbrokehis girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty...such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was Tialf glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt... | |
 | Richard Gooch - College verse - 1823 - 310 pages
...BY REASON OF THE PLAGUE. Here lies old Hobson ; death has broke his girt, And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt.; Or else the ways being foul, twenty...was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had many times, these ten years full, Dodg'd with him, 'twixt Cambridge and the Bull. And surely death... | |
 | Cambridge tart - English poetry - 1823 - 318 pages
...BY REASON OF THE PLAGUE. Here lies old Hobson ; death has broke his girt, And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty...was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had many times, these ten years full, Dodg'd with him, 'twixt Cambridge and the Bull. And surely death... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...by reason of the Plague. Here lies old Hobson ; death has broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty...was half glad when he had got him down; For he had many times, these ten years full, Dodg'd with him 'twixt Cambridge and the Bull, And surely death could... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...by reason of the Plague. Here lies old Hobson ; death has broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty...and overthrown. Twas such a shifter, that if truth wereknown, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had many times, these ten years full,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...one, He's here stuck in Пш* and overthrown. •Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, 5 Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years fall, Dodg'd with him. betwixt Cambridge and the Bull. And surely Death could never have prcvail'd,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 476 pages
...reason of the plague*. 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...overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, 5 Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with... | |
 | Tim Bobbin - Dialect literature, English - 1828 - 216 pages
...slouch with heavy eyes. More's Life of the Lord. Slough, a deep dirty place, skin of an adder, &c. The ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. — Milton. Sneap, to check, to reprimand. My lord, I will not undergoe this sneap without reply. Shakespeare.... | |
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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... 
