 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...— Descartes. DCLXXXVI. 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...was half glad when he had got him down; For he had many time this ten years full Dodg'd with him, betwixt Cambridge and the Bull. And surely, death could... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...knowing.—Descartes. DCLXXXVL 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...such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was hall glad when he had got him down; For he had many time this ten years full Dodg'd with him, betwixt... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 798 pages
...Compelled me to awake the courteous echo, To give me answer from her mossy couch. Hilton. I was such л shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down. Now shift your sails. Drydens JEncii. Blow to lesolve, but in performance quick ; So true, that he... | |
 | Cambridge (England) - 1830 - 350 pages
...taken a more effectual * " 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...him down; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge ami The Bull. And surely Death could never have prevail'd, Had not... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...by 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, 15 sepulcher'd]... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...by 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. T was such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was...glad when he had got him down; For he had, any time these ten years full, Dodged with him, betwixt Cambridge and The Bull. And surely Death could never... | |
 | Cambridge (England) - 1837 - 318 pages
...epitaph ;* it is built with * 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...one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. "I'was such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down . For... | |
 | 1838 - 722 pages
...THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER. " 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...known, Death was half glad when he had got him down j For he had any lime this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge and the Bull." " Oh, jam... | |
 | 1838 - 710 pages
...THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER. " 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...here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. Twas such a shifler, that if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For he had any time... | |
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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... 
