 | Samuel Butler - 1861 - 394 pages
...errant, Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench, great in the middle,r That could an well bind o'er as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, And styl'd of War, as well as Peace : (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water).... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 722 pages
...Worshipful on shoulder blade; 20 Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could...o'er as swaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these, $5 And sty I'd of War, as well as Peace : (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...distinguished by the name of the ludicrous. Another specimen from the same author you have in,these lines : Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could as well bind o'er as swaddle, Mighty - i . i -j • - .j r ^ L * Hudibras, Part II. Canto 2. Sect. I. Of wit. Mighty he was at both of these,... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1808 - 468 pages
...distinguished by the name of the ludicrous. Another specimen from the same author you have in these lines : Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could...o'er as swaddle, Mighty he was at both of these, And styl'd of <war, as well as peace i So some rats of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or ivater... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...worshipful on shoulder-blade , Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartel • or for warrant ; rtyl'd of war, as well as peace. (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land or water)... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1809 - 448 pages
...and errant, Either for chartel, or for warrant; Great on the bench, great in the saddle, Thatb conld as well bind o'er as swaddle: Mighty he was at both of these, gg And :-fv 1'<1 of war as well as peace* (So some rats, of amphibions natnre, Are either for the land... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 640 pages
...Prunet.] See note a on The Mad Lover. » Swaddle //< . j He means beat. So Hudibras, bici S3, 24. ' Great on the bench, great in the saddle, ' That could as well bind o'er as twaddle.' Sympson. «• ,) stitch again.] It is plain by it itch here we must understand anile; but... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...Worshipful on shoulder-blade; go Chief of domestic knights and errant, Either for chartei or for warrant : Great on the bench, great in the saddle, That could...bind o'er as swaddle; Mighty he was at both of these, 33 And styl'd of war, as well as peace* (So some rats, of amphibious nature, Are either for the land... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...Wliere, Wakefield f thanks in Prison Fox for bread, While Power rains Mitres on some Thurlow's + head ; * "So some Rats of Amphibious nature, Are either for the Land or Water." f A Subscription of between four and five thousand Pounds wasraised for Gilbert Wakefield, while a... | |
 | George Dyer - Cambridge (England) - 1814 - 566 pages
...highest civil offices, together with the religious. Great in the bench, great in the saddle, That <iould as well bind o'er as swaddle, Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war, as well as peace. Hudibras. Whatever the cause, the king, by his letters, requested the Prior and Convent to choose Henry... | |
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Mighty he was at both of these, And styled of war as well as peace. (So some rats of amphibious nature Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt Whether he were more wise or stout. 
