 She next the stately Bull implored ; And thus replied the mighty lord: "Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well ; I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence ; a favourite cow Expects me...  The Beauties of English Poetry - Page 99by Peter Pindar - 1804Full view - About this book
 | John Gay - 1853 - 264 pages
...thus replied the mighty lord : — Since ev'ry beaft alive can tell That I fmcerely wifh thee well, I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence : a fav'rite cow Expeéls me near yon barley-mow ; And when a lady's in the cafe, You know all other things give place.... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 pages
...thus replied the mighty lord: "Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well ; I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence ; a favourite cow Expects me near yon barley-mow; And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 pages
...thus replied the mighty lord : " Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well, I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence ; a favourite cow Expects me near yon barley -mow ; And, where a lady's in the case, You know all other... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 pages
...thus replied the mighty lord : ' Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well, I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence ; a favourite cow Expects me near yon barley-mow ; And when a lady 's in the case, You know all other things... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 312 pages
...thus replied the mighty lord : "Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well ; I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence ; a favourite cow Expects me near yon barley-mow; And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 pages
...Miscellanies. LORD LYTTLETON. With all my imperfections on my head. Hamlet, act i, scene 5. SHAKESPEARE. When a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place. Hare and many Friends. GAY. With what a leaden and retarding weight, Does expectation load the wings... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...replied the mighty lord : — " Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well ; I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence : a favourite cow Expects me near the barley-mow ; And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 684 pages
...in the book, ÎP Churchill's domineering dame. Hard words Mr. Macaulay gives her of his best — For when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place — and if Sarah had been living this century instead of last, and had suspected the sort of handling... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 686 pages
...in the book, is Churchill's domineering dame. Hard words Mr. Macaulay gives her of his best — For when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place — and if Sarah had been living this century instead of last, and had suspected the sort of handling... | |
 | John Gay - 1857 - 302 pages
...thus replied the mighty lord : "Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well ; I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence; a favourite cow Expects me near yon barley-mow; And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things... | |
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