 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 560 pages
...to that purpofe, turning to that place " that has this verfe ; " A King can kill, a King can favc, " A King can make a Lord a Knave ; " And of a Knave a Lord alfo, " And more than that a King can do. *• " There were then divers new made Lords who " fhrunk... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 516 pages
...to that purpofe, " turning to that place that has this verfe : " A King can kill, a King can fave, " A King- can make a Lord a Knave ; " And of a Knave a Lord alfo, " And mure than that a King can do. EE 2 «' There ** There were then divers new made Lords who... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 434 pages
...verse : A king can kill, a king can save, A king can make a lord a knave, And of a knave a lord also. Whereupon, there were divers new-made lords, who slunk...at this rate you will drive away all my nobility." The marquis rcplyed, " I protest unto your majesty, I am as new-made a lord as any of them all; but... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...would shew him one remarkable passage to that purpose, turning to that place that had this verse : A king can kill, a king can save, A king can make a lord a knave, And of a knave a lord also. Whereupon, there were divers new-made lords, who slunk out of the room, which the king observing, told... | |
 | Art - 1824 - 406 pages
...could shew him a remarkable passage to that purpose, turning to that place that lias this verse :— " A king can kill, a king can save, A king can make a lord a knave ; And of a knave a lord also, And more than that a king can do.'* There were then divers new made lords, who shrunk out of the room,... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...save, A king can make a lord a knave, And of a knave a lord also. Whereupon there were divers new made lords who slunk out of the room, which the king observing, told the marquess, " My lord, at this rate you will drive away all my nobility." The marquess replied, " I protest... | |
 | Tales - 1832 - 296 pages
...Majesty by quotations from the old poets, and particularly would repeat these lines from Chaucer — " A king can kill, a king can save ; " A king can make a lord — a knave !" XXXII. ANECDOTE OF A YOUNG OFFICER. MARSHAL Turenne, in his campaign of 1656, dispatched a body... | |
 | 1832 - 316 pages
...Majesty by quotations from the old poets, and particularly would repeat these lines from Chaucer — " A king can kill, a king can save ; " A king can make a lord — a knave Г XXXII. ANECDOTE OF A YOUNG OFFICER. MARSHAL Turenne, in his campaign of 1656, dispatched a body... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1841 - 426 pages
...that he would indeed show him one remarkable passage to that purpose, and turning to the place, read " A king can kill, a king can save ; A king can make a lord a knave ; And of a knave, a lord also." On this several new-made lords slank out of the room, which the king observing, told the marquess,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1841 - 428 pages
...that he would indeed show him one remarkable passage to that purpose, and turning to the place, read " A king can kill, a king can save; A king can make a lord a knave ; And of a knave, a lord also." On this several new-made lords slank out of the room, which the king observing, told the marquess,... | |
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A king can kill, a king can save ; A king can make a lord a knave ; And of a knave, a lord also." On this several new-made lords slank out of the room, which the king observing, told the marquess, " My lord, at this rate you will drive away all my nobility. 
