 | Cornelius Brown (F. R. S. L.) - 1874 - 196 Seiten
...Hood are good enough for fools." — Given by Fuller. 2. — " Many talk of Robin Hood who never shot in his bow ; And many talk of Little John that never did him know." — Fuller gives this in his " Worthies." 8. — " To sell Robin Hood's pennyworths." 4. — " Robin... | |
 | William Tegg - 1875 - 136 Seiten
...speaks not at all, Shall be welcome both in bower and hall. Many talk of Robin Hood, that never shot in his bow, And many talk of Little John, that never did him know. He that hath but little, he shall have less; And he that hath right nought, right nought shall possess.... | |
 | William Smith (F.S.A.S.) - 1882 - 386 Seiten
...Bream were all in thy belly t' would never be team. " " Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in bis bow, And many talk of Little John that never did him..." That is, many talk of things which they have no skill in, or experience of. Robert Hood was a famous robber in the time of King Richard the First ;... | |
 | 1882 - 376 Seiten
...hill, though here it be taken for the hill itself." " Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in bis bow, And many talk of Little John that never did him..." Tales of Robin Hood are good enough for fools." " Tlmt is, many talk nf things which they have no skill in, or experience of. Robert I Loud was a famous... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 Seiten
...speak well. Many talk like philosophers and live like fools. Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow, and many talk of Little John that never did him know. c. The first part is given by Camden in his Rimaines, 1614, p. 310; and by Fuller, in his Worthies... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1884 - 474 Seiten
...bow, Which never shot therein, I trow." Ray gives it thus : " Many talk of Robin Hood, that never shot in his bow, And many talk of little John, that never did him know ; " which Kelly has varyed, but without authority. 1 Dray'.ons Poly-Olbicn, song 26, p. 122. (Supra,... | |
 | 1888 - 916 Seiten
...Her back more crooked than Robin Hood's bow, Ac. N 2. — " Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow ; And many talk of Little John that never did him know." Ray gives it as above, Fuller mentions it in his "Worthies," as also does Sir Edward Coke, in his "Institutes."... | |
 | G. F. Northall - 1892 - 584 Seiten
...lead a horse to the water, but forty can't make him drink." Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow. And many talk of Little John that never did him know. Remaines, 1614, p. 310, and Fuller's Worthies, 1662, contain the first part. Another version is —... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1899 - 646 Seiten
...ingrato. Seneca. He loves roast-meat well that licks the spit. Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow, And many talk of little John, that never...fools. That is, many talk of things which they have no skill in, or experience of. Robeu Hood was a famous robber in the time of King Richard the First :... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1906 - 500 Seiten
...Robinson's glossary, it should be proverbial in Yorkshire that Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow, And many talk of Little John that never did him know. Robin Hood's band is said to have numbered a hundred men as a sort of standing army, besides other... | |
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Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow, And many talk of Little John that never did him know. 
