Emperor Caligula, That triumph'd o'er the British sea, Took crabs and oysters prisoners, And lobsters, 'stead of cuirasiers ; Engag'd his legions in fierce bustles, With periwinkles, prawns, and muscles, And led his troops with furious gallops, To charge... Hudibras: Poëme - Seite 32von Samuel Butler - 1757 - 365 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 Seiten
...'stead of cuirasiers ; Engag'd his legions in fierce bustles, With periwinkles, 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,... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...of cuirassiers ; Engaged 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 he went to dine or... | |
| Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 544 Seiten
...of cuirassiers; 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 he went to dine or sup, More... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...'stead of cuirassiers; Engaged 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 he went to dine or sup, More... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1869 - 168 Seiten
...of cuirasiers ; Engag'd his legions in fierce bustles, With periwinkles, 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,... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...of cuirassiers ; 5 Engaged 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, 10 To wait on his triumphal car ; 4. Cuirassiers : cuirass comes,... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...of cuirassiers ; Engaged 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 he went to dine or sup,... | |
| Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1870 - 368 Seiten
...'stead of cuirassiers; Engaged 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 he went to dine or sup,... | |
| Dublin city, univ - 1871 - 366 Seiten
...of access." d. " Engaged his legions in fierce bustles, With periwinkles, prawns, and muscles. And led his troops with furious gallops. To charge whole regiments of scallops." e. " The very deep did rot :— O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 Seiten
...of cuirassiers ; Engaged 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 he went to dine or sup,... | |
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