 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 488 страници
...dost thou prise Thy brute beasts' worth by their dams' qualities ? Say'st thou, This Colt shall proove a swift-pac'd steed, Only because a Jennet did him breed ? Or say'st thou, This same horsse shall win the prize, Because his dame was swiftest Trunchefice, Or Runcevall his syre? himselfe... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 страници
...dost thou prise Thy brute beasts' worth by their dams' qualities ? Say'st thou, This Colt shall proove a swift-pac'd steed, Only because a Jennet did him breed ? Or say'st thou, This same horsse shall win the prize, Because his dame was swiftest Trunchefice, Or Runcevall his syre ? himselfe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 страници
...their golden line. Tell me, thou gentle Trojan, dost thon prize Thy brute beasts' worth by their dams' qualities ? Say'st thou this colt shall prove a swift-pac'd...shall win the prize, Because his dam was swiftest Truncheficc, Or Runcevall his sire? himself a Gallaway ? Whiles like a tireling jarte he lags half-way.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 страници
...qualities ? Say'st thou this colt shall prove a swift-pac'd steed Only because a jennet did him breed1 Or say'st thou this same horse shall win the prize, Because his dam was swiftest Trnnchefice, Or Runcevall his sire ? himself a Gallaway ? Whiles like a tireling jade he lags half-way.... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1824 - 298 страници
...ridiculed by Ben Jonson in his Alchemist. 53 A fennet, according to Philips, was a Barbary horse ; but Or sayst thou this same horse shall win the prize,...his dam was swiftest Trunchefice, Or Runcevall his sire ? himself a Galloway M ? Whiles like a tireling jade he lags half-way. Or whiles thou seest some... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1824 - 302 страници
...ridicnled by Ben Jpnson in his Alchemist. ** A Jennet, according to Philips, was a Barhary horse ; but Or sayst thou this same horse shall win the prize,...his dam was swiftest Trunchefice, Or Runcevall his sire? himself a Galloway54? Whiles like a tireling jade he lags half-way. Or whiles thou seest some... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1833 - 594 страници
...prize Thy brute-beasts' worth by their darn's qualities 7 gayst thou thy colt shall prove a swift-paced steed, Only because a jennet did him breed ? Or, sayst...shall win the prize, Because his dam was swiftest Tranchefice ?" ' It is quite evident, indeed, that racing was in considerable vogue during this reign,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1833 - 586 страници
...prize "Thy brute-beasts' worth by their dam's qualities ? Sayst thou thy colt shall prove a swift-paced steed, Only because a jennet did him breed ? Or, sayst...shall win the prize, Because his dam was swiftest Tranchefice ?" ' It is quite evident, indeed, that racing was in considerable vogue during this reigrt,... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 500 страници
...beasts worth by their dams qualities ! Says't them this colt shall prove a swift pac'd steed, Onely because a Jennet did him breed ? Or says't thou this...his dam was swiftest Trunchefice Or Runcevall his syre ; himself a gallaway t While like a tireling jade, he lags half away.5 VIII.— HORSE-RACING A... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1838 - 188 страници
...golden line f . Tell me, thou gentle Trojan, doth thou prize Thy brute beasts' worth by their dams' qualities ? Say'st thou, this colt shall prove a swift-pac'd...him breed ? Or say'st thou, this same horse shall winn the prize, Because his dam was swiftest Trunchefice, Or Runcevall his sire ? himself a Gallaway... | |
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Thy brute beasts' worth by their dams' qualities ? Say'st thou, this colt shall prove a swift-pac'd steed, Only because a Jennet did him breed ? Or say'st thou, this same horse shall... 
