 The ceremony is performed in his Majesty's great chamber of state, where the candidates are to undergo a trial of dexterity very different from the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the old or new...  The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot - Page 94by John Arbuthnot - 1751 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 328 pages
...of the Garter), the second red (the Bath), the third green (St. Patrick). But how are these gained? "The Emperor holds a stick in his hands, both ends parallel to the horizon, whilst the candidates, advancing one by one, sometimes leap over it, sometimes creep under it, backwards... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1871 - 406 pages
...former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the new or old world. The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both...horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 pages
...the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any country of the new or old world. The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both...horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according... | |
 | 1873 - 1086 pages
...УГЛЯ " the king's cushion that lay accidentally on the ground, and weakened the force of the fall." had them to another place, in a bottom, where sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 pages
...was " the king's cushion that lay accidentally on the ground, and weakened the force of the fall." \¿> the horizon, while the candidates, advancing one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometiniL-s... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the Old or the New World. The Emperor holds a stick in his hands,...horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backwards and forwards, several times, according... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the new or old world. The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both...horizon, while the candidates, advancing one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 466 pages
...the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any country of the new or old world. The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both...horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1882 - 76 pages
...of dexterity very different from the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the old or new world. The...horizon, while the candidates, advancing one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backwards and forwards several times, according... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 466 pages
...former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the new or old world. The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both...horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according... | |
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