 | Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - 1904 - 488 strani
...along the turnpike Road, what hard work 't is crying all day, " Knives and Scissors to grind O ! " Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives? Did some rich man tyrannically use you? Was it some squire? or parson of the parish? Or the attorney ? Was it the squire, for killing of his game?... | |
 | Charles Welsh - 1907 - 528 strani
...roll along the turnpike Road, what hard work 'tis crying all day, "Knives and Scissors to grind O ! " Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives...? Did some rich man tyrannically use you ? Was it some squire ? or parson of the parish ? Or the attorney ? Was it the squire, for killing of his game... | |
 | George Albemarle Bertie Dewar - 1913 - 378 strani
...tremendously pressing English question. CHAPTER IV THE ENGLISH SQUIRE " Tell me, knife-grinder, how came you to grind knives ? Did some rich man tyrannically use...squire ? or parson of the parish ? Or the attorney ?" IT is more than a hundred years since the squib was printed in the Anti-Jacobin, but the whole is... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 strani
...roll along the turnpikeRoad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, "Knives and Scissors to grind O!" Tell me, knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives?...killing of his game? or Covetous parson, for his tithes destraining? Or roguish lawyer made you lose your little All in a lawsuit? (Have you not read the Rights... | |
 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 456 strani
...roll along the turnpikeRoad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, 'Knives and Scissors to grind 0!' Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives:...you? Was it the 'Squire? or Parson of the Parish? • Was it the 'Squire, for killing of his game? or Covetous Parson, for his tithes distraining? Or... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 strani
...along the turnpike-road, what hard work 'tis crying all day " Knives and Scissars to grind O ! " ' Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives...'Squire? or Parson of the Parish? Or the Attorney? 709 ' Was it the 'Squire for killing of his Game? or Covetous Parson for his Tythes distraining? Or... | |
 | Henry Noble MacCracken - 1927 - 144 strani
...wheel is out of order. Bleak blows the blast; your hat has got a hole in't, So have your breeches! "Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives?...squire? or parson of the parish? Or the attorney? "(Have you not read the 'Rights of Man," by Tom Paine?) Drops of compassion tremble on my eyelids.... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 strani
...roll along the turnpike-road, what hard work 'tis crying all day "Knives and "Scissars to grind O!" "Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives?...for killing of his Game? or Covetous Parson for his Tythes distraining? Or roguish Lawyer made you lose your little All in a law-suit? "(Have you not read... | |
 | Rosalind Eyben, Joy Moncrieffe - 2013 - 400 strani
...hard work 'tis crying all day "Knives and Scissors to grind O!" Tell me, Knife-grinder, how came you to grind knives? Did some rich man tyrannically use...for killing of his Game? Or Covetous Parson for his Tythes distraining? Or roguish Lawyer made you lose your little All in a law-suit? (Have you not read... | |
 | 188 strani
...wheel is out of order, Bleak blows the blast, your hat has got a hole in't, So have your breeches. Tell me, knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives?...Squire or Parson of the Parish ? Or the Attorney? This metre has on the ear the effect of a five-foot trochaic, in which a dactyl is substituted for... | |
| |
Weary knife-grinder! little think the proud ones Who in their coaches roll along the turnpikeRoad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, "Knives and Scissors to grind O! 
