 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 pages
...mounted in a chair-curule, Which Moderns call a Cuckling-stool, 740 March proudly to the river side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like dukes of Venice, who are sed The Adriatic sea to wed, And have a gentler wife than those 7 a For whom the state decrees those... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 410 pages
...mounted in a chair-curule, Which moderns call a cucking-stool,9 740 March proudly to the river's side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic sea to wed ; i * There it a letser profanation, Like that the Romans call'd ovation... | |
 | Kilkenny Archaeological Society - 1853 - 496 pages
...These, mounted in a chair-curule, Which moderns call a cucking-stool, March proudly to the river's side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride: Like dukes of Venice, who are «aid The Adriatic sea to wed ; And have a gentler wife than those For whom the state decrees those... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 296 pages
...mounted in a chair-curule, Which Moderns call a Cucking-stool, 740 March proudly to the river's side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like Dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic Sea to Aved ; And have a gentler wife than those For whom the State decrees those... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1855 - 508 pages
...These, mounted in a chair-curule, Which moderns call a cucking-stool, March proudly to the river's side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride: Like dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic sea to wed ; And have a gentler wife than those For whom the state decrees those... | |
 | George Roberts - 1856 - 620 pages
...Instruments of Punishment, Sfc. " These mounted in a chair curule, Which moderns call a cucking-stool, And o'er the waves in triumph ride Like Dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic Sea to wed," &c. Hudibras. BOROUGH towns were like some little independent states... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 374 pages
...mounted in a chair-curule, Which Moderns call a Cuckling-stool, 740 March proudly to the river side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic sea to wed, And have a gentler wife than those 745 For whom the state decrees those... | |
 | George Fyler Townesend - 1863 - 394 pages
...These mounted on a chair curule, "Which moderns call a Cucking Stoole, March proudly to the river side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride. Like Dukes of Venice who are said The Adriatic Sea to wed, And have a gentler wife than those In the eighteenth century there are... | |
 | 1866 - 390 pages
...mounted in a chair-curule, Which Moderns call a Cuckling-stool, 740 March proudly to the river side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic sea to wed, And have a gentler wife than those 74* For whom the state decrees those... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 pages
...mounted in a "chair-curule, Which Moderns call a Cuckling-stool, 740 March proudly to the river's side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like dukes of Venice, who are scd The Adriatic sea to wed; And have a gentler wife than those For whom the state decrees those shows.... | |
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March proudly to the river's side, And o'er the waves in triumph ride ; Like Dukes of Venice, who are said The Adriatic sea to wed ; And have a gentler wife than those For whom the state decrees those shows. 
