 Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when...  The Dublin University Magazine - Page 2441853Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...HERE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck...such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half-glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt... | |
 | Architecture - 1845 - 318 pages
...Here lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt : Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck...him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge and The Bull. And surely Death could never have prevailed, Had not... | |
 | 1847 - 214 pages
...Here lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt : Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck...And surely Death could never have prevail'd, Had not his weekly course of carriage fuil'd. But lately finding him so long at home, And thinking now hisjourney's... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...HERE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck...years full, Dodg'd with him, betwixt Cambridge and The Bull.t And surely Death could never have prevail'd, Had not his weekly course of carriage fail'd ;... | |
 | Thomas Wright, Harry Longueville Jones - Cambridge (England) - 1847 - 450 pages
...ways being foul, twenty to one. He 's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. Twas such a shifter, and if truth were known. Death was half glad when he had...And surely Death could never have prevail'd, Had not his weekly course of carriage fail'd ; But lately finding him so long at home. And thinking now his... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 812 pages
...Here lies Old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck...was half glad when he had got him down; For he had many a time this ten years full Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge and the Bull. And so on. The Bull... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...HERE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck...him down : For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt Cambridge and the Bull: And surely Death could never have prevail'd, Had not... | |
 | Charles Knight - England - 1851 - 492 pages
...Here lies Old Hobsou j Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him iu the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck...known, Death was half glad when he had got him down, 1'or he had many a time this ten years full Dodged ^yith him betwixt Cambridge and the Bull. And so... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 508 pages
...ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here ftuck in a flough, and overthrown. 'Twas fuch a fhifter, that if truth were known, Death was half glad when...he had got him down ; For he had any time this ten yeers full, Dodg'd with him, betwixt Cambridge and the Bull. And furely, Death could never have prevail'd,... | |
 | Charles Knight - England - 1851 - 492 pages
...girt, Ami here, nlas ! hath kid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways bcing foul, twenty to one, He's hcre stuck in a slough and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that if truth were known, Death wan half glad when he had got him down, For he had many a time this ten yours full Dodged with him... | |
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