AY me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps... English Etymology - Seite 15von George William Lemon - 1783 - 693 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 Seiten
...hollow deep Of Hell resounded. Awake, arise, or be forever fallen ! Paradist Liât, Bet* i. UlLTO!f. yrtle wreath, love when they should fight, — when such as t iron. Hudibras. Part I. Caul. in. ч BUTLEK. For he who fights and runs away * May live to fight another... | |
| John McGovern - 1880 - 762 Seiten
...rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate." Below is a quotation frequently shied at the inglorious general : Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron. These lines inculcate the truth that experience teaches : Iv ROSCOMMON, PRIOR, CARET. 455 Some... | |
| Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 Seiten
...ditches, . . . To dive, like wild-fowl, for salvation, And fish to catch regeneration. Part I. Canto III. Ay me, what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold i-ron ! I. 3Triumphant laurels seemed to grow Nowhere so green as on his brow, . . . But all in vain... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1881 - 270 Seiten
...fort by storm, release Crowdcro, and put the squire in 's place : I should have first said Hudibras. AY me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps! s For though dame Fortune... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 Seiten
...resounding line, The long majestic mareh, and energy divine. Pope, Im. of Horace, 2, I. 267. DUELLDIG. Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps 1 Butler, Hud. 1, in. 1... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 Seiten
...by the soldier done, (5) Great conquerors greater gloiy gain By foes in triumph led than slain. (6) Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold ironl (7) Valour's a mousetrap, wit a gin, That women oft are taken in. (8) In all the trade of war... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...shopkeeper, is true of a shopkeeping nation. g. TCCKEII (Dean of Gloucester) — Tract, 1766. MILITARY. Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps! h. BDTLEB— Hudibras. Pt.... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...Crye nnil no Wtill. — Fortescue, (1305-1485), Treatise on Absolute and Limited Jfonarcliy, Ch. x. Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! l Hudibrat. Part i. Canto iii. Line 1. Xor do I know what is become Of him, more than the Pope... | |
| 1884 - 500 Seiten
...some have watered it with their tears. E. A, PETHERICK, FRGS London. MORE ABOUT THE NORTHERN FARMER. " Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron." HUDIBRAS. ONE would hardly think that the often quoted couplet could be made to apply to the... | |
| 1885 - 686 Seiten
...prosperous by the soldier done. Great conquerors greater glory gain By foes in triumph led than slain. Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! Valor's a mousetrap, wit a gin, That women oft are taken in. In all trade of war no feat Is... | |
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