 | Walter Besant - 1903 - 584 Seiten
...friend. He says : — "You writ to me lately for a Footman, and I think this Bearer will fit you ; I know he can run well, for he hath run away twice from me, but he knew the way back again. Yet tho' he had a running head as well as running heels (and who will expect a footman to be a stay's man... | |
 | Elizabeth Godfrey - 1903 - 386 Seiten
...horseback. ' SIR, — You writ me lately for a footman, and I ' think this bearer will fit you : I know he can run ' well, for he hath run away twice from me, but he 1 knew the way back again ; yet, though he hath a ' running head as well as running heels (and who... | |
 | James Howell - 1907 - 462 Seiten
...XIII To Sir IS, Knight YOU wrote to me lately for a footman, and I think this bearer will suit you. I know he can run well, for he hath run away twice from...running head as well as running heels (and who will expect a footman to be a staid man ?) I would not part with him were I not to go post to the north.... | |
 | Emil Reich - 1908 - 400 Seiten
...this bearer will fit you ; I know he can run well [footmen had to run messages, among other duties], for he hath run away twice from me, but he knew the...running head as well as running heels (and who will expect a footman to be a stayed man ?) I would not part with him were I not to go post to the North.... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1920 - 514 Seiten
...the Morris letter one of Howell's to Sir JS (dated 25 May, 1628) giving his footman a character : " I know he can run well, for he hath run away twice from me, but he knew the way back again There be some things in him that answer for his waggeries : he will come when you call him, go when... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1920 - 506 Seiten
...the Morris letter one of Howell's to Sir JS (dated 25 May, 1628) giving his footman a character : " I know he can run well, for he hath run away twice from me, but he knew the way back again There be some things in him that answer for his waggeries : he will come when you call him, go when... | |
 | John Webster - 1927 - 296 Seiten
...hare-brained disposition". The joke recurs in Howell, Letters (1890), n. 133 (of a footman): "Yet tho' he hath a running head as well as running heels (and who will expect a footman to be a stay'd man ?), I would not part with him" (written May 25th 1628). 8. trumpet:... | |
 | James Howell - 1928 - 112 Seiten
...SIR JS, Knight 1R, — You writ to me lately for a footman, and I think this bearer will fit you: I know he can run well, for he hath run away twice from me, but he knew the way back again. Yet tho' he hath a running head as well as running heels (and who will expect a footman to be a stay'd... | |
 | John Webster - 1995 - 586 Seiten
...notes, the joke on staid and running recurs in Howell, Letters (i890), II. i33 (of a footman): 'Yet tho' he hath a running head as well as running heels (and who will expect a footman to be a stay'd man?), I would not part with him' (written 25 May i628). 4 light heel'd... | |
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You writ me lately for a footman, and I ' think this bearer will fit you : I know he can run ' well, for he hath run away twice from me, but he ' knew the way back again ; yet, though he hath a ' running head as well as running heels (and who will ' expect... 
