Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep: Then dreams he of another benefice! Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then... Thaumaturgia, Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous - Page 160by Oxonian - 1835 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
| Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...smelling out a suit : And sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice ;...Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1860 - 188 pages
...smelling out a suit: f And sometimes comes he with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice: Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. SHAKSPEARE. Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then...he dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep. SHAKSPEARE. Dost thou not know the fate of... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as he lies asleep, Then dreams lie of another benefice: Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom... | |
| Edward William Cox - Oratory - 1876 - 348 pages
...SMELLING OUT a tuit A:ยป{ sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's TAIL Tickling a PARSON'S nose as a' lies asleep Then dreams he of another benefice Sometimes...she driveth o'er a SOLDIER'S NECK โ โ And then dreams HE of cutting foreign throats Of breaches ambuscadoes Spanish blades^ Of healths โ five fathoms... | |
| John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pages
...smelling out a suit; And sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice; Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, 1 Spanish blades, 8 Of healths five... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. SHAKSPEARE. Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then...he dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep. SHAKSPEARE. Dost thou not know the fate of... | |
| Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...of smelling out a suit ; And sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as he lies asleep ; Then dreams he of another benefice....Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathoms... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1880 - 668 pages
...smelling out a suit: And sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice :...Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck. And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom... | |
| Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 pages
...then dreams he of smelling out a suit : And sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson as he lies asleep ; Then dreams he of another...he dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep, and them anon Drums in his ear, at which... | |
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