 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 - Page 84by Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1821 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1820 - 312 pages
..." 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...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,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1828 - 758 pages
...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... | |
 | James Hall - Literary Criticism - 1828 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 pages
...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:... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 486 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 488 pages
...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... | |
 | Mrs. Eliza Dawson Fletcher - 1876 - 410 pages
...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... | |
 | Sir Edward Robert Sullivan - Great Britain - 1884 - 334 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1904 - 540 pages
...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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