 | Samuel Butler - 1870 - 622 pages
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 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...grutch He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting m time to time above thee flew and circled Cheerful...Tellusof thyfood, — those half-marine refections, rancor of its edge, had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful ;... | |
 | James Hadley - Classical philology - 1873 - 444 pages
...he is something like Hudibras's sword, " whose trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, for want of using had grown rusty, and ate into itself, for lack of somebody to hew and hack." He becomes lachrymose, sentimental, querulous, and declamatory. His enthusiasm runs to waste for want... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...have no mind to. Part i. Canto i. Line 215. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself for lack Of somebody to hew and hack. Part i. Canto i. Lint 359. 1 Every why hath a wherefore. Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors, Act\\, Sc.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...grutch, He ne'er gave quarter t' any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting, 6 had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not shew its face.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...grutch He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of...and hack. The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful ;... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 pages
...quarter t' any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, 2 For want of fighting, was grown rusty, seo And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and...edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devour 'd, 'twas so manful, And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...grutch He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of...and hack. The peaceful scabbard, where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt ; For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, it was so manful ;... | |
 | Daniel F. Miller - Oratory - 1880 - 204 pages
...settles on its head." • From Hudibras: " The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty. For want of fighting, was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack." From Rogers: t From Shakespeare: "King Henry. How many thousands of my poorest subjects, Are at this... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - English poetry - 1881 - 744 pages
...grutch, He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty, And ate into itself for lack Of somebody...edge had felt : For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful, And so much scorned to lurk in case, As if it durst not show its face.... | |
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He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting, was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack... 
