 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...not be able to take the beauty of it : for which reason I dare not so much as quote it. Then slept a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who...my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. We meet with the same heroic sentiment in Virgil. Non pudet, 0 Rutuli, eunctis pro talibus unam Objectare... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...forth, Witherington was his name. Who said, 1 would uut have )t told To Henry our king for shame, 4 That e'er my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on.' We meet with the same heroic sentiment in Virgil. ' Non pudet, O Ruiuli. cundís pro talitnit unam... | |
 | John Bell - Ballads, English - 1812 - 340 pages
...and I the battle try, And set our men aside. Accurs'd be he, lord Percy said, By whom this is deny'd. Then stepp'da gallant 'squire forth, Witherington...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on : You be two earls, said Witherington, And I a squire alone : I'll do the best that do I may, While I have... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...try, ' And set our men aside.' — ' Accurs'd be he, (Lord Percy said,) ' By whom this is denied.' Then stepp'da gallant squire forth, Witherington was...captain fought on foot, ' And I stood looking on : ' You be two earls, (said Witherington,) ' I'll do the best that do I may, ' While I have strength to stand... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - Otterburn, Battle of, 1388, in literature - 1813 - 128 pages
...whom this is denyed. Then stept a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, I wold not have it told To Henry our king for shame. That e'er my captaine fought on foote, And I stood looking on. You bee two Earls, sayd Witherington, And I a squire... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 pages
...whom this is denyed. Then stept a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, I wold not have it told To Henry our king for shame, That e'er my captaine fought on foote, And I stood looking on. You bee two Earls, sayd Witherington, And I a squire... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...not be able to take the beauty of it : for which reason I dart not so much as quote it. Then stept a gallant 'squire forth Witherington was his name, Who...my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. We meet with the same heroic sentiment in Virgit ' Non pudet, O Rutuli, cunctis pro talibus unam Ohjectare,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Accurs'd be he, Lord Percy said, By whom this is denied. Then stcpp'da gallant squire forth, Withermeton was his name, Who said, I would not have it told To...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on : You be two carls, saiof Witherington, And I a squire alone ; I'll do the best that do I may, While I have... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 340 pages
...not be able to take the beauty of it : for which reason I dare not so much as quote it. Then stept a gallant 'squire forth, Witherington was his name,...my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. We meet with the same heroic sentiment in Virgil. Non pudet, O Rutuli, cunctis pro talibus unam Objectare... | |
 | Richard Brathwaite - English poetry - 1822 - 236 pages
...missilibu's Caeduntur Scotici. Adversus feras sedantes Missit Duglasius Torvum ducem dimicantes, Then stept a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who...captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on : You are two earls, said Witherington^ And I a squire alone; I'll do the best, that do I may, Whilst I have... | |
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By whom this is denied." Then stepped a gallant squire forth, Witherington was his name, Who said, " I would not have it told To Henry, our king, for shame, That e'er my captain fought on foot, And I stood looking on. You... 
