I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare; Both foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. Titan - Page 1221857Full view - About this book
| Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...a-cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, etc. I love no roast, but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; A little bread shall do me stead, Much bread I not desire. No frost nor snow, no wind I trow, Can... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, God send thce good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. I love 0/ - r - 0 ; And little bread shall do me stead ; Much bread I nought desire. No frost, no snow, no wind, I trow,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, Gad send thec good ale enough, Whether it be new or old ! I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; A little bread shall do me stead, — Much bread I not desire. No frost, nor snow, nor wind, I trow,... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 pages
...foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old ! I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; A little bread shall do me stead — Much bread I not desire. No frost or snow, nor wind, I trow,... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 458 pages
...foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, God send thcc good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; And little bread shall do me stead ; Much bread I nought desire. No frost, no snow, no wind, I trow,... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 460 pages
...foot and hand go cold ; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; And little bread shall do me stead ; Much bread I nought desire. No frost, no snow, no wind, I trow,... | |
| E. Jackson - 1885 - 74 pages
...Often, at their Mayoral feasts, have the jolly corporators thundered forth the refrain — " I love no roast but a nut-brown toast And a crab laid in the fire, A little bread will do me stead, Much bread I don't desire. No fiost, no snow, no wind 1 trow, Can... | |
| Richard Eddy - 1887 - 492 pages
...ye no care, I am nothing a cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. I love no roast, but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire; A little broad shall do me stead, Much bread I do not desire. No frost nor snow, no wind, I trow, Can... | |
| H. T. B., Practical Housewife - 1889 - 256 pages
...each, in a ' A piece of Suffolk cheese or gammon of bacon, or any esculent.' MASSINGER. 94 ' / love no roast, but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; A little breait shall do me stead, Much bread I do not desire.' — JOHN STILL (1543- 1 607). shallow... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 pages
...foot and hand go cold ; But, 'belly, Ood send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old 1 I love no roast but a nut-brown toast, And a crab laid in the fire ; A little bread shall do me stead — Much bread I not desire. No frost or snow, nor wind, I trow,... | |
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