Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next, in crimson dyed, His nether bulk embraced ; Then jacket thick, of red or blue, Whose massy shoulder gave to view The badge of each respective crew, In tin... Rejected Addresses: Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum - Page 48by James Smith, Horace Smith - 1812 - 126 pagesFull view - About this book
| 700 pages
...broken snoose, Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson died, His nether bulk embraced,...of each respective crew, In tin or copper traced. VOL. i. 3 H The engines thunder'd through the street) Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches... | |
| Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 pages
...broken snoose, Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson died, His nether bulk embraced,...shoulder gave to view The badge of each respective crew, The engines thunder'd through the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches glared,... | |
| 1812 - 532 pages
...pond'rous hobnail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson dyed, His nether bulk embraced ; Then jacket thick of red...respective crew, In tin or copper traced. The engines thuruler'd thro' the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches glared, and clattering... | |
| 1813 - 670 pages
...it, is the following picturesque representation of the firemen, and the procession of the engines. ' The summon'd firemen woke at call, And hied them to...respective crew, In tin or copper traced. The engines thunderM thro' the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches glared, and clattering... | |
| James Smith, Horace Smith - 1813 - 472 pages
...broken snoose, Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson died, His nether bulk embraced...the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, Apd torches glared, and clattering feet Along the pavement paced. And one, the leader of the band,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 544 pages
...broken snoose, Each sought his pond'rous hobnail'd shoe?, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson died, His nether bulk embraced...The badge of each respective crew, In tin or copper trac'd. The engines thunder'd thro' the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - 502 pages
...firemen woke at call, And hied them to their stations all. SI FV Bnt first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next, in crimson died, His nether bulk embraced...gave to view The badge of each respective crew, In gold or silver traced. The engines thunder'd thro' the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete,... | |
| 1838 - 588 pages
...broken snooee, Each sought his pond'rous hob-nail'd shoes, But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson died, His nether bulk embraced...respective crew, In tin or copper traced. The engines thunder' d thro' the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches glared, and clattering... | |
| Anonymous - 1813 - 552 pages
...Each sought his poud'rous hobnail'd shoe., But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next i» crimson died, His nether bulk embraced ; Then jacket...The badge of each respective crew, In tin or copper trac'd. The engines tbuuder'd thro" the street, Fire-hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, Aud torches... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 pages
...But first his worsted hosen plied, Plush breeches next in crimson dyed, His nether bulk embrac'd ; Then jacket thick, of red or blue, Whose massy shoulder...copper traced. The engines thunder'd thro' the street, Fire- hook, pipe, bucket, all complete, And torches glared, and clattering feet Along the pavement... | |
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