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 - 1903 - 814 páginas
...did not wait to brave the united puis* 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 ; If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miecalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it ; He thinks... | |
| William Salt Brassington - 1903 - 428 páginas
...forgery, though possibly the first part is of greater antiquity than the remainder. " A parliamente 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, He thinks... | |
| Washington Irving - 1906 - 472 páginas
...an indifferent 1 The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon: — A parliament me nber, 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 páginas
...an indifferent 1 The following is the only stanza extant of this lampoon:— A parliament me'nber, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself... | |
| George Morley (of Leamington, Eng.) - 1908 - 218 páginas
...some such real or fancied indignity as Shakespeare had suffered at the hands of Sir Thomas Lucy : ' A Parliament member, a Justice of Peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an ass ; If lousy is Lucy, as some folk miscall it, Then Lucy is lousy, whatever befall it. He thinks... | |
| William Leavitt Stoddard - 1910 - 110 páginas
...Thomas Lucy. The first stanza only of the ballad composed on that occasion could the man recall: — A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an ass, If lowsie is Lucy, as some folk miscall it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks... | |
| Washington Irving - 1911 - 470 páginas
...knight, had white luces 2 in the quarterings. '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, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself... | |
| Washington Irving - 1911 - 586 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 ac asse, This flagitious attack upon the dignity of the knight so incensed him, that he applied to... | |
| Clara Longworth comtesse de Chambrun - 1913 - 332 páginas
...worse, but faithfully transcribed from the copy which his relation very courteously communicated to me : A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scare-crow at London an asse; If Lowsie is Lucy as some volkc miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie whatever befall it: He thinks himself... | |
| Henry Charles Shelley - 1913 - 256 páginas
...Shakespeare style will be competent to form his own judgment when he has read the following lines : " A parliament member, a justice of 'peace ; At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lotasie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lotsosie, whatever befall it. He thinks... | |
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