 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 500 pages
...ate into itself, for lack . . : . Of some body to hew and hack, .. .,-• . ; i The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ;...of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful ; . And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not shew its face. Hudibras, Canto... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 pages
...hilt their bev'rage brew'd. See Chaucer's Squire's Tale, Works, 1602, fol. 23. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful 365 It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much sconi'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not shew... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 pages
...grown rusty, 360 And ate into itself, for lack Of some body to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt; For of the lower end two handful 365 17 375 Tc : In many desperate attempts, Of warrants, exigents, contempts, 3/0 It had appear 'd... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 pages
...into itself, for lack Of some body to hue and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt; For of the lower end two handful, It had devoured, 'twas so manful ; And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not shew its face. Speaking of Physicians,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...into itself, for laek Of somebody to hew and haek : The peaeeful seabbard, where it dwelt, The raneour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devour'd, 'twas so manful, And so mueh seorn'd to lurk in ease, As if it durst not shew its faee. In... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack : The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ;...of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not shew its face. In many desperate... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...handful of men, and without cannon, propose reasonably lu tight a battle. CiomdiM. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt. The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful. Hudibrai I taw a country gentleman at the side of Rosanond's pnnd, pulling a handful... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1829 - 488 pages
...• And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hue and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwell, The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It bad devoured, 'twas so manful ; And so much scorn'd to lurk in case. A* if it durst not shew its face-... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1830 - 492 pages
...was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hue and' hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ;...of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful ; And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst iiot shew its face. — Hudibrai, canto... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...grown rusty, 360 And ate into itself, for lack Of some body to hew and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful 365 It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not bhow... | |
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He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting, was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack : The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancour of its edge had felt ; For of... 
