 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 296 pagine
...but rather startling to his guest, — " Of a worthy London prentice my purpose is to speak, And of his brave adventures done for his country's sake ;...man in valour to exceed a prentice' gallant mind." The Captain drew the rusty bolts of the door that shut off the smoking-room from the cloister, and,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1876 - 630 pagine
...been able to discover who the hero was, nor any account of the facts on which the ballad is founded. OF a worthy London 'prentice, My purpose is to speak,...for his country's sake : Seek all the world about, 5 And you shall hardly find, A man in valour to exceed A 'prentice gallant mind. He was born in Cheshire,... | |
 | 1877 - 552 pagine
...worthy London prentice My purpose is to speak, And tell his brave adventures, Done for his countrys sake : Seek all the world about, And you shall hardly...valour to exceed A prentice' gallant mind. He was bom [and bred] in Cheshire, The chief of men was he, 10 \V. 132. hope.] [V. 135. stature was.] From... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1884 - 320 pagine
...Hampshire, on a pair of stout mules with a strong serving-man behind them. CHAPTER XL THE SOLDIER. " Of a worthy London prentice My purpose is to speak,...man in valour to exceed A prentice' gallant mind." The Homes of a London Prentice. Six more years had passed over the Dragon court, when, one fine summer... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1884 - 368 pagine
...Hampshire, on a pair of stout mules with a strong serving-man behind them. CHAPTER XXIV. THE SOLDIER. " Of a worthy London prentice My purpose is to speak,...man in valour to exceed A prentice' gallant mind." The Somes of a London PrenticeSix more years had passed over the Dragon court, when, one fine summer... | |
 | 1889 - 508 pagine
...worthy London Prentice, my purpose is to speak, And teil his brave adventures, done for his Country sake; Seek all the world about, and you shall hardly...A man in valour to exceed a prentice gallant mind : 2. He was born in Cheshire, the chief of men was he, From thence brought up to London, a prentice... | |
 | 1889 - 502 pagine
...revenge thereof, he swore that he should dye, The cruel 'st death that ever man beheld with mortal eye. Of a worthy London Prentice, my purpose is to speak, And tell his brave adventures, done for his Country sake ; Seek all the world about, and you shall hardly find A man in valour to exceed a prentice... | |
 | Charles Wellner Camp - 1923 - 192 pagine
...tears their hearts out, and throws• them at those looking on. 1 Evans' Old Ballads, vol. 3, page 35. Seek all the world about, And you shall hardly find, A man in valour to exceed Ballads somewhat similar to this one are Deloney's Shoemakers Song on Crispiamts Night;8 A Use of Exhortation... | |
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A prentice' gallant mind. He was born [and bred] in Cheshire, The chief of men was he ; From thence brought up to London, A prentice for to be. % A merchant on the bridge Did like his service so, That, for three years, his factor To Turkey he should go. 
