| John Harland - 1873 - 332 Seiten
...there Got upon trees and houses ; On churches some, and chimneys some, But they put on their trowses ; Not to spoil their hose. As soon as he rose, To make...tale, Six pots of ale, And a quart of aqua-vitse. It is not strength that always wins, For wit doth strength excel; Which made our cunning champion Creep... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 882 Seiten
...put on their trousers, Not to spoil their hose. As soon as he rose. To make him strong and mighty, Ho drank, by the tale, six pots of ale, And a quart of aqua-vita;. It is not strength that always wins, For wit doth strength excel ; Which made our cunning... | |
| George Daniel - 1873 - 480 Seiten
...agony, and in his suit of spiked armour, like an " Egyptian Porcupig," To make him strong and mighty, Drank by the tale, six pots of ale And a quart of Aqua Vitae ! A. .V 354 Merrie England and marched forth fiercely to a ferocious fight with a green... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1876 - 610 Seiten
...Got up on trees and houses, 90 On churches some, and chimneys too ; But these put on their trowses, Not to spoil their hose. As soon as he rose, To make him strong and mighty, lie drank by the tale, six pots of ale, 95 And a quart of aqua-vitao. It is not strength that always... | |
| Thomas Percy, Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1877 - 456 Seiten
...Got up on trees and houses, 90 On churches some, and chimneys too ; But these put on their trowses, Not to spoil their hose. As soon as he rose, To make...and mighty, He drank by the tale, six pots of ale, 95 And a quart of aqua-vitae. It is not strength that always wins, For wit doth strength excell; Which... | |
| English poetry - 1877 - 394 Seiten
...and each hog: For fear they did flee, for they took him to be Some strange outlandish hedge-hog. 65 To see this fight, all people then Got up on trees and houses, 90 On churches some, and chimneys too; But these put on their trowses, Not to spoil their hose. As... | |
| 1878 - 358 Seiten
...there got upon trees and houses, On churches some, on chimneys too, but they put on their trowzes, Not to spoil their hose ; As soon as he rose, to make him strong and.mighty, He drank by the tale, Six pots of ale, Which made our cunning champion creep down into... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1879 - 874 Seiten
...for they took him tobe Some strange, outlandish hedge-hog. To see this fight all people then Got np on trees and houses, On churches some, and chimneys...their trousers, Not to spoil their hose. As soon as he гол To make him strong and mighty, He drank, by the tale, six pots of ale, And a quart of aqua-vitas.... | |
| Francis James Child - 1858 - 714 Seiten
...strange outlandish hedge-hog. On churches some, and chimneys too ; But these put on their trowses, Not to spoil their hose. As soon as he rose. To make...drank by the tale, six pots of ale, And a quart of aqua-vitas. It is not strength that always wins, For wit doth strength excell ; Which made our cunning... | |
| Charles Kingsley - 1880 - 454 Seiten
...More of More Hall, on the morning of his battle with the monster, invoked the saints no more, but— To make him strong and mighty— He drank by the tale Six pots of ale And a quart of aqua-vitae. So ended the sublime sport of dragon-slaying. Its only remnant may now be seen in Borneo,... | |
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