 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...the Vacancy; being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague. Here lies old Hobson ; death has broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. Twas such a shifter,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...TIME OF HIS vACANCY, BEING FORBID TO GO TO LONDON, BY REASON OF THE PLAGUE. HERE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt, Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 476 pages
...time of his vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the plague*. HERE lies old Hobson; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...and to make themselves be admired by the less knowing. — Descartes. DCLXXXVI. Here lies old Hobson; death hath broke his girt, And here alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...and to make themselves be admired by the less knowing.—Descartes. DCLXXXVL Here lies old Hobson; death hath broke his girt, And here alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 798 pages
...mantle, girdle, sword And bow, On him his heart and soul he did bestow. Cuvtey. Here lies old Hobson, death hath broke his girt ; And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt. J/i&w. That Nyseian i*le, Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham Hid Amaltha, and her flurid son... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...Vacancy, being forbid to go to London by Reason of the Plague. Here lies old Hobson, — Death has broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt, Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | 1830 - 350 pages
...done a more important service to the town, or have taken a more effectual * " Here lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...time of his vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague. HERE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. Twas such a shifter,... | |
 | 1837 - 318 pages
...carrier, on whose death Milton wrote a whimsical epitaph ;* it is built with * Here lies old Hobson; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. "I'was such a... | |
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Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when... 
