 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...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 JTumber lo»d, that keep« the Scythian'« name. Humber, a Scythian king, landed in Britain three hundred... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 pages
...following epitaph : — "Here lies old Hobson ; death hath brokehisgirt, And here, alas ! hath lain him in the dirt ; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one. He 's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. 'T was such a shifter, that, if truth were known. Death... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...VACANCY, REING FORBID TO GO TO LONDON, RT UK \s•>\ OF THE PLAGUE. HERE lies old Hobson; 1 Death hath broke his girt And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, Twas such... | |
 | 1856 - 586 pages
...all the old carriers was he of Cambridge, of whom Milton wrote, " Here lie« old ilobsrm ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt." He it was that gave rise to the saying of " Hobson's choice ;" for he obliged his customers for hackneyhorses... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...the Vacancy, being forbid to goto London by return 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 ono He 's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. T was snch a shifter that, if truth were known, Death... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...the Vacancy, being forbid to go to London by return of the Plague. Hero lies old Hobson : Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being fool, twenty to ono He 's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. T was such a shifter that, if truth... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...BY RBASON O1P THE PLAGUE. — 31. 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 is here stuek in a slough, and overthrown. 'T was sueh a shifIer, thafc if truth were known, Death... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...his vacancy, being f'orMil to go to I,Ondon by reason of the plague. HERE lies old Hobson; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or eke, the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stack in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 pages
...ofhia Vacancy; being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague. HEBE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in...such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half-glad when he had got him down ; Рог he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwkt... | |
 | John Milton - 1861 - 534 pages
...being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague. HEBE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke hia girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in the dirt ;...such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half-glad when he had got him down ; For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt... | |
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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. 
