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" Scroggins said of the Gas-man, that he thought he was a man of that courage, that if his hands were cut off, he would still fight on with the stumps — like that of Widrington, — In doleful dumps, Who, when his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon... "
Geraldine; Or, Modes of Faith and Practice. A Tale - Seite 84
von Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1821 - 302 Seiten
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Geraldine; Or, Modes of Faith and Practice: A Tale, Band 1

Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1820 - 312 Seiten
..." I was quite sorry," said Miss Bernard, turning to Montague, " to hear -dinner' announced to day. You had so much the best of the argument that Mr....exclude every work of imagination, and leave that fine, that precious faculty of the mind, not merely uncultivated, but unexercised." " Mr. Mowbray's...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Band 4

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 Seiten
...he would still fight on with the tumps—like that of Widrington,— • —•" In doleful dumps, Who, when his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps." of arrogance; only it. was evident Bill Ncate was pleased that he had won the fight When it was over,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Band 98,Teil 2;Band 144

1828 - 758 Seiten
...brings to our recollection ihe chivalrous events connected wiih Chevy-chase, and that talournus Knight, who " When his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps." The existence of such disorder is ascribed to the natural consequence of overloading the population...
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Letters from the West: Containing Sketches of Scenery, Manners, and Customs ...

James Hall - 1828 - 404 Seiten
...had lost both his feet, but still moved with activity on. his knees, like the warrior in Chevy Chace, who, " When his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps," came on board to dispose of a string of fish. One of the passengers, an European, whom we had picked...
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Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With a Notice of His Life by ...

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 Seiten
...cut off, he would still fight on with the stumps — like that of WUdrington, — "In doleful dumps, Who, when his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps." one-horse vehicle scorned to ask his way, and drove right on to Bagshot instead of turning oft'atHounslow:...
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Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: Essays: On self-love. On the ...

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 486 Seiten
...off, he would still fight on with the stumps — like that of Wildrington, — " In doleful dumps, Who, when his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps." course of your lives ! — When the Gas-man came to himself, the first words he uttered were, "Where...
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Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt, Band 2

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 488 Seiten
...off, he would still fight on with the stumps — like that of Wildrington, — " In doleful dumps, Who, when his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps." course of your lives ! — When the Gas-man came to himself, the first words he uttered were, "Where...
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Autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher: With Letters and Other Family Memorials

Mrs. Eliza Dawson Fletcher - 1876 - 410 Seiten
...Northumbrian pride in his descent (collaterally) from that hero of Chevy Chase memory, the Widdrington, who " When his legs were smitten off. Still fought upon his stumps." One point of woman's taste which seemed in her instinctive like the other, Mrs. Brudenell quite failed...
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Stray Shots: Political, Military, Economical, and Social, Band 25

Sir Edward Robert Sullivan - 1884 - 334 Seiten
...confuse our great warrior Wellington with the gallant though obscure Witherington in doleful dumps, who, When his legs were smitten off, Still fought upon his stumps. But although at the early age of sixty-five, alas ! almost in his 'salad' days for a statue, the Achilles...
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The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings

William Hazlitt - 1904 - 540 Seiten
...would still fight on with the stumps — like that of Widrington, — • — * In doleful dumps, \ Who, when his legs were smitten off Still fought upon his stumps.' them flew with the news of her husband's victory to the bosom of Mrs. Neate. Alas, for Mrs. Hickman...
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