 | William Hogarth - 1821 - Liczba stron: 316
...righteous hopes, " Prepare their axes, wheels, and ropes, " To bend the stiff-necked sinner! " But should they sink in coming over, " Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover, " And catch a glorious dinner," THE settled enmity between England and France, together with the dastardly... | |
 | William Hogarth, John Trusler, J. Hogarth, John Nichols - 1833 - Liczba stron: 344
...righleous hopes, Prepare their axes, wheels, and ropes, To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner ; But should they sink in coming over. Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover, And catch a glorious dinner. THE scenes of all Mr. Hogarth's prints, except The Gate of Calais, and... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1895 - Liczba stron: 400
...righteous hopes. Prepare their axes, wheels, and ropes, To bend the stiff-ncck'd sinner ; But, should they sink in coming over, Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover, And catch a glorious dinner." Few people, as Dickens says, can tell where Rochester ends and Chatham... | |
 | Simon Bainbridge - 2003 - Liczba stron: 280
...righteous hopes. Prepare their axes, wheels and ropes, To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner; But should they sink in coming over. Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover, And catch a glorious dinner. ENGLAND See fohn, the soldier, Jack, the tar. With sword and pistol arm'd... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 2004 - Liczba stron: 336
...righteous hopes, Prepare their axes, wheels and ropes, To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner; But should they sink in coming over, Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover, And catch a glorious dinner. Between English and French propagandists during the Revolutionary Wars,... | |
| |
... the half-starv'd Frenchmen strut, And call us English dogs ! But soon we'll teach these bragging foes, That beef and beer give heavier blows Than soup and roasted frogs. " The priests, inflam'd with righteous hopes, Prepare their axes, wheels, and... 