 They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores, ** Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons and bitterns, peacock, swan and bustard, Teal, mallard, pigeons,...  Original works and minor translations - Stran 222avtor: John Hookham Frere - 1874Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Sandys, Simon Andrew Forster - 1864 - 600 strani
...gatherings and fairs — and in the halls of the barons, where, as Whistlecraft (Frere) says — " They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars, By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores, * * * • • With mead, and ale, and cider of our own, For porter, punch, and negus were not known."... | |
 | 1865 - 1054 strani
...formed no unimportant part of an old-fashioned Christmas, as shown in the following bill of fare : " They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars, By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores ; Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Mutton and fatted calves, and bacon swine, Herons arid... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1867 - 260 strani
...(as you may well fuppofe) Was fuited to thofe plentiful old times, Before our modern luxuries arofe, With truffles and ragouts^ and various crimes ; And therefore, from the original in profe I fhall arrange the catalogue in rhymes : They ferved up falmon, venifon, and wild boars By hundreds,... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1867 - 264 strani
...(as you may well fuppofe) Was fuited to thofe plentiful old times, Before our modern luxuries arofe, With truffles and ragouts, and various crimes ; And therefore, from the original in profe I fhall arrange the catalogue in rhymes : They ferved up falmon, venifon, and wild boars By hundreds,... | |
 | Barry Gray - 1871 - 376 strani
...than the followers of Odin, what constituted a Christmas dinner ; according to Whistlecraft, — ' They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons and... | |
 | John Hookham Frere, Bartle Frere - 1872 - 662 strani
...; The steeds were fed and litter'd in the stable, The ladies and the knights sat down to table. in. The bill of fare (as you may well suppose) Was suited...rhymes : They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars IT. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1872 - 628 strani
...The steeds were fed and litter'd in the stable, The ladies and the knights sat down to table. ill. The bill of fare (as you may well suppose) Was suited...crimes; And therefore, from the original in prose IV. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine; Herons... | |
 | John Hookham Frere - 1874 - 446 strani
...Of sundry strange adventures I could tell, " That oft were told before, but never told so well." i1. THE GREAT KING ARTHUR made a sumptuous Feast, And...wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores. IV. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Plum-puddings,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 368 strani
...great King Arthur's sumptuous feast at Carlisle, as described by Mr. Frere (" Whistlecraft ") :— "They served up salmon, venison, and wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores. " Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons and... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1888 - 280 strani
...; The steeds were fed and littered in the stable, The ladies and the knights sat down to table. in. The bill of fare (as you may well suppose) Was suited...wild boars By hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores. IV. Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustard, Muttons, and fatted beeves, and bacon swine ; Herons... | |
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