 stead of cuirasiers ; Engag"d his legions in fierce bustles, With periwinkles, prawns, and muscles, And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge whole regiments of scallops; Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car; But when...  The Works of the English Poets: Butler - Seite 95von Samuel Johnson - 1779Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...prawns, and muscles, And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge whole regiments of scallops; Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car; But when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up, And left all war, by his example, Reduced to vict'ling of a... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 Seiten
...prawns, and mussels ; And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge whole regiments of scallops : Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car ; But when he went to dine or sup, More bravely eat his captives up ; And left all war by his example, Reduc'd to vict'ling of a... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 340 Seiten
...prawns, and mussels ; And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge whole regiments of scallops : Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car ; 1 Homer wrote a poem of the war between the mice and the frogs. a Meaning the Dutch, who seemed to... | |
 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1870 - 368 Seiten
...prawns, and muscles, And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge whole regiments of scallops, Not, like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car, But when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up; Leaving all war by his example, Reduced—to vict'lingof a camp... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...prawns, and muscles ; And led his troops with furious gallops To charge whole regiments of scallops, Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car ; But when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up ; And left all war, by his example, Reduced to victualling a... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 Seiten
...prawns, and muscles ; And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge whole regiments of scallops : Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car ; But when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up ; 370 And left all war by his example, Reduced to vict'lling... | |
 | Alfred Guy K. L'Estrange - 1878 - 384 Seiten
...prawns, and mussels, And led his troops with furious gallops To charge whole regiments of scallops ; Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car ; But, when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up." Butler begins one canto with "Ah me ! what perils do environ... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 378 Seiten
...prawns, and mussels, And led his troops with furious gallops To charge whole regiments of scallops; Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car; But, when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up." Butler begins one canto with " Ah me ! what perils do environ... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 380 Seiten
...and mussels, And led his troops with furious gallops To charge whole regiments of scallops ; TSTot like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car ; But, when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up." Butler begins one canto with " Ah me ! what perils do environ... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 Seiten
...prawns, and muscles ; And led his troops with furious gallops To charge whole regiments of scallops, Not like their ancient way of war, To wait on his triumphal car, But when he went to dine or sup, More bravely ate his captives up ; And left all war, by his example, Deduced to victualling a... | |
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