A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then -Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great; Yet an asse in his state, "We allow by his ears but... The Antiquary - Página 1821873Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 páginas
...affixed to the park gate at Charlecot.* » The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon:— A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, This flagitious attack upon the dignity of the knight so incensed him, that he applied to a lawyer... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 518 páginas
...affixed to the park gate at Charlecot.* * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon : — A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an aase. This flagitious attack upon the dignity of the knight so incensed him, that he applied to a lawyer... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 páginas
...affixed to the park gate at Charlecot.* * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon:— A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, This flagitious attack upon the dignity of the knight so incensed him, that he applied to a lawyer... | |
| 1893 - 642 páginas
...occur in the vulgar lampoon, which has been erroneously attributed to Shakespeare, — A parliamente member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scare-crow, at London an asse. These lines were in existence towards the close of the seventeenth century, they were received from... | |
| Dean Dudley - 1851 - 268 páginas
...opening into his park, a public place. The beginning of it only has been preserved from oblivion : " A Parliament member, a Justice of Peace, At home a poor scare-crow, at London an asse; If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it." It has been... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 488 páginas
...affixed to the park gate at Charlecot.* * The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon :— A parliament member, a justice of peace. At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, This flagitious attack upon the dignity of the knight so incensed him, that he applied to a lawyer... | |
| George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 páginas
...to the park gate at ( harlecot. The following it the only stanza extant of this lampoon •— '' ' A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an ass, If lousv Is Luey, as some folk miseal it, Then Luey is lousy, whatever befal it. H e thinks himself... | |
| Anne Tuttle Jones Bullard - 1852 - 270 páginas
...Little did he think as he scribbled away, that his destiny hung on these lines. You remember them: " A Parliament member, a Justice of Peace At home a poor scarecrow, in London an asse ; If Lucy is Lowsie, as some volke miscall it, Synge Lowsie Lucy whatever befall... | |
| Anne Tuttle Jones Bullard - 1852 - 272 páginas
...Little did he think as he scribbled away, that his destiny hung on these lines, You remember them: " A Parliament member, a Justice of Peace At home a poor scarecrow, in London an asse; If Lucy is Lowsie, as some volke miscall it, Synge Lowsie Lucy whatever befall it,... | |
| William John Pinks - 1860 - 156 páginas
...gates a satire, undei which the irascible justice must have winced when he read it :— " A parliment member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an Mae. If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lacy is lowsie whatever befall it. He thinks... | |
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