 | Thomas Evans - 1810 - 384 Seiten
...Marquis of Montrose's Address to his Mistress 361 EVANS'S COLLECTION OF OLD BALLADS. TQM THUMB. ". o.: IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span, Then think you not this little knight, Was prov'da valiant man ? His father was a plough-man plain,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1833 - 202 Seiten
...Spectator, upon the ballad of Chevy,Chase, and is inserted in his Works. IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did live, A man of mickle might, The best of all the...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight, Was prov'da valiant man ? His father was a plow-man plaine,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1833 - 200 Seiten
...upon the ballad of Chevy.Chase, and is inserted in his Works. IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did tire, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round,...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight, Was prov'da valiant man ? His father was a plow-man plaine,... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - 1838 - 382 Seiten
...Author of " Tom Thumbe his Life and Death," 8vo. 1630, asserts him to have been of British origin : " In Arthur's Court, Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle...of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight."* And the erudite Commentator on that work, (edit. 1711,) takes the same side of the question ; but the... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - 1838 - 380 Seiten
...him to have been of British origin: " In Arthur's Court, Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle miffht, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight."* And the erudite Commentator on that work, (edit. 1711,) takes the same side of the question; but the... | |
 | 1846 - 266 Seiten
...WASH hands, wash, Pussey's gone to plough ; If you want your hands washed, Have them washed now. 434. IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live* A man of mickle...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span : Then think you not this little knight Was proved a valiant man ? s* 435. How many days has my baby... | |
 | 1846 - 300 Seiten
...THUMB. A BLACK LETTER COPY, PRINTED IN 1630, €i)t SoVkian Eflbrarg. LIFE AND DEATH OF TOM THUMB. IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span : Then think you not this little knight His father was a ploughman plain, His mother milk'd the cow,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps - 1853 - 372 Seiten
...Stole a pig, and away he run ! The pig was eat, and Tom was beat, And Tom went roaring down the street. IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb * did live, A man of mickle...of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight. * " I have :in old edition of this author by me, the title of which is more sonorous and hcroical than... | |
 | 1856 - 730 Seiten
...: printed for 'John Wright, 1630." It commences thus : — " In Arthur's court Tom Thumbe did Hue, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round,...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight Was prou'da valiant man ? " This piece has been reprinted,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1856 - 576 Seiten
...was probably led to fix upon this monarch bj IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did line, A man of raickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a...stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight, Was prou'da valiant man ? His father was a plow-man plaine,... | |
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Thumbe did live, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight : His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight, Was prov'da valiant man ? His father was a plow-man plaine,... 
