 I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And...  The Acharnians, Knights, Wasps and Birds of Aristophanes, tr. by a graduate ... - Page 204by Aristophanes, John Wood Warter - 1830 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 154 pages
...month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer ! Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry,— with his beaver on, His cuisses...thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,— Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds,... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...his armour. In like manner he describes the Prince of Wales in the jirst Part of Henry the Fourth. I saw young Harry with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thigh, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, &c. On this passage Dr. Johnson... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry, — with his beaver on, His cuisses...thighs, gallantly arm'd, — Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...but for these<:vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. A GALLANT WARRIOR. (SHAKESPEARE.) 1 SAW young Harry with his beaver on, His cuisses on...thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather' d Mercury; And vaulted with such case into his seat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...rich vestiments And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry,— with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs,4 gallantly arm'd, — Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted* with such ease... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 pages
...end of a feast, and affords a striking contrast to the spirited lines of our bard: I saw the soldier, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground, like feather'd Mercury; And vaulted with such ease into his seat; As if an angel dropt down from the clouds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,— Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 398 pages
...month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer? \Vanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls, I saw young Harry, — with his beaver on, His cuisses...thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground, like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 400 pages
...month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer? Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry, — with his beaver on, His cuisses...thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground, like fcathcr'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his s'eat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds,... | |
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