... never shall know. Then up rose these heroes as brisk as the sun, And their horses, like his, were prepared to run. Now when in the morning Matt ask'd for the score, John kindly had paid it the evening before. Their breakfast so warm to be sure they... A physician's tale - Page 99by Heberden Milford - 1854Full view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...before. Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A eustom in travellers mighty disereet ; , er agreed : Ask where's the north ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In S plaee you shall hear of anon, CalTd Down, down, hey deny down. But what did they talk of from morning... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1835 - 364 pages
...evening before. Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A custom in travellers mighty discreet; And thus with great friendship and glee they went on, To find out the place you shall hear of anon, Call'd Down, down, hey deny down. But what did they talk of from morning till noon ? Why, of spots... | |
| Reinard Willem Zandvoort - 1924 - 494 pages
...evening before. Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A custom in travellers mighty discreet ; And thus with great friendship and glee they went on, To find out the place you shall hear of anon. Into this small eighteenth-century inn, Prior has compressed the whole of life. Here are its mingled... | |
| Oswald Doughty - 1924 - 222 pages
...evening before. Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A custom in travellers mighty discreet ; And thus with great friendship and glee they went on, To find out the place you shall hear of anon." So amidst flying dust-clouds and the grinding of chariot-wheels the travellers resumed their journey.... | |
| Thomas Burke - 1927 - 434 pages
...evening before. Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A custom in travellers mighty discreet ; And thus with great friendship and glee they went on, To find out the place you shall hear of anon. Matthew Prior. THE PROSPEROUS INN HIGH in the street, o'erlooking all the place, The rampant lion shows... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 2016 - 436 pages
...before. 72 Their Breakfast so warm to be sure they did Eat : A Custom in Travellers, mighty Discreet, And thus with great Friendship and glee they went on To find out the Place you shall hear of anon, calfd Down, down, hey derry down. But what did they talk of from Morning 'till Noon ? Why, of Spots... | |
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