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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. "
The Cambridge Tart: Epigrammatic and Satiric-poetical Effusions; &c. &c ... - Page 54
by Richard Gooch - 1823 - 289 pages
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English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volume 1

John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...-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 else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He 's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that if truth were known 5 Death...
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The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by ..., Issue 322

John Milton - 1871 - 530 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...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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English Poems, Volume 1

John Milton - 1872 - 568 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...overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that if truth were known 5 Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had any time this ten years full Dodg'd with...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author; Preliminary ...

John Milton - 1873 - 678 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...overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth were known, 5 Death was half glad when he had got him down : For he had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with life and notes [by G. Gilfillan ...

John Milton - 1874 - 758 pages
...VACANCY ; BEING FORBID TO 00 TO LONDON, BY REASON OF THE PLAGUE. HERE lies old Hobson ; 3 Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas ! hath laid him in...one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 1 ' An Epitaph : ' the first of Milton's pieces published. — * ' Unvalued : ' invaluable. — •...
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Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century

1874 - 776 pages
...his girt. And here alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He is here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth was known Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had any time thU ten year full Dodged...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1875 - 824 pages
...Vacancy ; being f orbit, to goto London, by reason of the Plague. HERE lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt And here, alas ! hath laid him in the...such a shifter, that, if truth were known, Death was half-glad when he had got him down For be had, any time this ten years full, Dodged with him betwixt...
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The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the ..., Volume 7

John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - 1863 - 418 pages
...reason of the plague. Here lies old Hobson ; Death hath broke his girt : And here alas I hath lain him in the dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty...to one He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. SHAWHUT. ton." This name- it derived from its inventor, Sir John Copley Singleton. His public services...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

David Masson - 1875 - 698 pages
...Vacancy, being forbid to go to LtnH/<ni by reason of the Plnyue. Here lies old Ilobson: 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. Twos such a shifter that, if truth were known, Dc;itli...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

David Masson - 1875 - 704 pages
...London by reason of the Plague. Here lies old Hobson : Death hath- broke his girt, And here, nla.s! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He 's here stuck in a Plough and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death...
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