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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ... - Page 66
1896
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The King and the Commons: Cavalier and Puritan Song, Volume 1

Henry Morley - 1868 - 284 pages
...handled still the matter, They came as good as ours, or better, And are not spent a whit. Just in the nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters...summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table,...
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A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most ..., Volume 2

Ambrose Philips - 1723 - 328 pages
...bufmefs of the Kitchin's great, For it is fit that Men fhould eat ; Nor was it there deny'd. Juft in the nick the Cook knock'd thrice, And all the Waiters in a trice His fummons did obey, Each Serving-man with Dim in Hand, March'd boldly up like our Train'd-band, Prefented...
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The Poems, Plays and Other Remains of Sir John Suckling. With a Copious ...

Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling - 1874 - 308 pages
...night, as some did in conceit, It would have spoiled him surely. Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving-man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When...
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Facetiae. Musarum deliciæ: or, The muses recreation, by sr. J.M ..., Volume 2

sir John Mennes - 1874 - 570 pages
...great, For it is fit that men should eat ; Nor was it there deny'd. Just in the nick the Cook knockt thrice, And all the Waiters in a trice His summons did obey, Each Serving-man with dish in hand, Marcht boldly up like our Train'd band, Presented and away. When all...
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Merry Drollery Compleat Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, &c

Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - 1875 - 480 pages
...great, For it is fit that men should eat, Nor was it there deny'd. Just in the nick the Cook knockt thrice, And all the Waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving-man with dish in hand March't boldly up like our Train-band, Presented, and away. Now hats...
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Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1876 - 216 pages
...library, when we heard a distant thwacking sound, which he informed me was a signal for the serving up of the dinner. The Squire kept up old customs in kitchen...summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train-band, Presented and away.* * Sir John Suckling. The dinner was served...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...that the sun dances upon that morning. FROM 1625 CYCLOPAEDIA OF Just in the nick, the cook knocked rs to be m , - serving-man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., (Washington Irving)., Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...denen Irving die erste halb gibt mit Auslassung der vier letzten Zeilen und die zweite vollstandig. dinner. The Squire kept up old customs in kitchen...summons did obey; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly np, like our train-band, Presented and away.2 The dinner was served up in the great...
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 pages
...so handled still the matter, They came as good as ours, or better, Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving-man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When...
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The English Poets: Ben Jonson to Dryden

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 pages
...matter, They came as good as ours, or better, And are not spent a whit. Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving-man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When...
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