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
| Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards - 1893 - 226 Seiten
...morn From black to red began to turn." Or if war or fighting were mentioned, he would often cry, — " Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! " I must not leave the subject of reading without speaking of his reading of the Bible, which... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 Seiten
...by the soldier done. (5) Great conquerors greater glory gain By foes in triumph led than slain. (6) Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! (7) Valour's a mousetrap, wit a gin, That women oft are taken in. (8) In all the trade of war... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 Seiten
...by the soldier done. (5) Great conquerors greater glory gain By foes in triumph led than slain. (6) Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! (7) Valour's a mousetrap, wit a gin, That women oft are taken in. (8) In all the trade of war... | |
| 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. u. ETHEL LYNN HEEBS — The Picket Gu,ird. to the Satire*. Dialogue IL 70. He was a shrewd and sound di iron ! v. litiTLER — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto III. L. 1. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A... | |
| 1896 - 240 Seiten
...army is a school in which the miser becomes generous and the generous prodigal. DON QUIXOTE, xxxix. Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals Sutler, HUDIBRAS, i, 3. Yielding not.... | |
| George Burton Thayer - 1899 - 346 Seiten
...life. He runs the elevator at the Linden. An uncle served in the Civil war. PRIVATE HENRY H. HALL. Ay me! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron. What plaguy fever and mishap Do dog him as an after-clap. — Hudibras Private Hall, by his military... | |
| Horace William Pettit Stevens - 1899 - 332 Seiten
...tradesman named Hiron, Matthews solaced himself by making a travesty of Butler's couplet in Hudibras : " Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron" and with shouting under Hiron's window every evening : " Ah me ! what perils do environ The man... | |
| Edward Anderson - 1900 - 306 Seiten
...Mother of God, the — flag — is a — bright — angel — he's— come!" Tim was dead. RAW OFFICERS. 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!— Hudibras. He stands erect;... | |
| Huber Gray Buehler - 1900 - 308 Seiten
...laugh'st thou, Lochiel, my vision to scorn ? 9. Alas ! poor creature ! how she must have suffered ! 10. Ay me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! 71. Parenthetical Expressions. — Examine the following sentence : — This, to tell the truth,... | |
| 1903 - 1186 Seiten
...old iron rang. Line sai, Like feather bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball. Linz 872. Ay me ! what 'perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! 8 Canto Hi. Line i. Who thought he 'd won The field as certain as a gun.8 Linz n. See Heywood... | |
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