 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1891 - 576 Seiten
...be few who would not tire of it, and long for the old life of hardship and vicissitude, saying — " Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty." If we could adopt this plan there is no cause for fearing that it would encourage idleness or weaken... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 Seiten
...B war, Be wasted for tyrants, or stagnate in chains. MOORE, Entry of the Austrians into Naples. — Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and LIBERTY.— POPE, Horace. — He that roars for LIBERTY Faster binds a tyrant's power ; And the tyrant's cruel... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 Seiten
...into a hole, " An't please your honour," quoth the peasant, " This same dessert is not so pleasant. Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty." « Pace to face, lit.. head to hoad. 10 An allusion to the poem ascribed to 7 How delicious this is... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 Seiten
...has no chink.) "An't please your honour," quoth the peasant, "This same desert is not so pleasant : Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and liberty ! " ALEXANDER POPE. 1688-1744. POWER OF SATIRE. F, You 'RE strangely proud. P. So proud, I am no slave... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1880 - 284 Seiten
...scramble out. ' ' An't please your honour," quoth the peasant, " This same dessert is not so pleasant ; Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty ! " THE SKYLARK. l.!v SHELLIY. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven,... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 Seiten
...good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. From the FABLE OF THE TWO MICE. Ending the " Imitations." Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and liberty. From POPE'S HOMER'S ILIAD. The Opening. Achilles' Wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered,... | |
 | 1897 - 668 Seiten
...Romance and Reality Mrs. Fraker Henry W. Longfellow — Selection Mrs. Dixon NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH. " Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and Liberty." — Pope. Increase of Territory — Progress of the People Mrs. SB Taylor Declaration of Independence... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 Seiten
...m. PLIXY. "An't it please your Honour," quoth tho Peasant, " This same Dessert is not so pleasant: Give me again my hollow Tree, A crust of Bread, and Liberty." n. POPE — Second Jiook of Horace. Satire II. Line 219. A solemn Sacrifice, perform'd in state, You... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...sage Homer's rule the l>est, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.1 Satire ii. Book ii. Lint 159. Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty. Satire vi. Boot ii. Line 220. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Epilogue to the Satirei.... | |
 | C E. L - 1883 - 382 Seiten
...her cousins used to ask her how she was getting on, Lily would reply, with the town mouse — " Oh ! give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and liberty." I am sorry to have to tell you one more sad thing which Lily was called upon to bear. Her uncle had... | |
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An't please your honour," quoth the peasant: "This same dessert is not so pleasant: Give me again my hollow tree, .A crust of bread, and liberty ! 
