| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 páginas
...hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo. BuitNs. The Lion and the Unicorn. The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown ; . The lion beat the unicorn All round the town. Some gave him white bread ; Some gave him brown ; Some gave him plum-cake, And sent... | |
| Edward Nares - 1824 - 444 páginas
...every body, I dare say, has heard and repeated it in his childhood. The Lion and the Unicorn fought for the Crown, The Lion beat the Unicorn all about the town ! Whatever this might mean, there really was a contest once, a true heraldic battle between three English... | |
| 1833 - 154 páginas
...Some to the wheel, and some to the rock, Some to make hay, and some to shell corn, And you and I will keep the bed warm. The Lion and the Unicorn Were fighting for the crown — The lion beat the unicorn AU about the town.. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown, Some gave them plum-cake,... | |
| John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - 316 páginas
...such perill with him for to mete ? CHAUCER. * Over the fields and along the towns [villages]. 2.—The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave him white bread, Some gave him plum cake, And sent him out of town.... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 476 páginas
...prevent the sport ? The bargain's bad in every part — The wife's the worst ; drive on the cart !" XLII. THE lion and the unicorn, Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn, All round about the town. Some gave him white bread, Some gave him plum cake, And sent him out of town.... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 468 páginas
...prevent the sport ? The bargain's bad in every part — The wife's the worst ; drive on the cart !" XLII. THE lion and the unicorn, Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn, All round about the town. Some gave him white bread, Some gave him plum cake, And sent him out of town.... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 páginas
...prevent the sport ? The bargain's bad in every part — The wife's the worst ; drive on the cart !" XLII. THE lion and the unicorn, Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn, All round about the town. Some gave him white bread, Some gave him plum cake, And sent him out of town.... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 páginas
...prevent the sport ? The bargain's bad in every part — The wife's the worst ; drive on the cart !" THE lion and the unicorn, Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn, All round about the town. Some gave him white bread, And some gave him brown ; Some gave him plum cake,... | |
| 1846 - 266 páginas
...quoth Bryan O'Lin. 52. THERE was a rat, for want of stairs, Came down the rope to say his prayers. 53. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown ; Some gave them plum-cake,... | |
| 1846 - 300 páginas
...LITTLE Tommy Tittlemouse Lived in a little house; He caught fishes In other men's ditches. LV. LVI. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; The lion beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown ; Some gave them plum-cake,... | |
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