 Thumbe did live, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight : His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight, Was prov'da valiant man ? His father was a plow-man plaine,...  Tom Thumb; a burletta, altered from H. Fielding - Page 5by Kane O'Hara - 1837 - 34 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 384 pages
...Marquis of Montrose's Address to his Mistress 361 EVANS'S COLLECTION OF OLD BALLADS. TQM THUMB. ". o.: IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle...best of all the Table Round And eke a doughty knight. His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span, Then think you not this little knight, Was... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Ballads, English - 1833 - 204 pages
...Spectator, upon the ballad of Chevy-Chase, and is inserted in his Works. IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did live, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight : His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Ballads, English - 1833 - 202 pages
...Spectator, upon the ballad of Chevy-Chase, and is inserted in his Works. IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did live, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight : His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Ballads, English - 1833 - 200 pages
...upon the ballad of Chevy.Chase, and is inserted in his Works. IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did tire, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight : His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight,... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - Burlesques - 1838 - 382 pages
...their several theories respecting him with equal confidence and pertinacity. The Author of " Tom Thumbe his Life and Death" 8vo. 1630, asserts him to have...the question ; but the learned namesake of our Hero, TOM HEARNE, degrades him to the rank of a dwarf in the court of King Edgar, t Mr. E. Taylor,} with... | |
 | Joseph Thomas - Burlesques - 1838 - 380 pages
...him to have been of British origin: " In Arthur's Court, Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle miffht, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty...the question; but the learned namesake of our Hero, TOM HEARNE, degrades him to the rank of a dwarf in the court of King Edgar, t Mr. E. Taylor,t with... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 266 pages
...head, And now poor Dapsy dog is dead ! 433. WASH hands, wash, Pussey's gone to plough ; RELICS. 434. IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live* A man of mickle...of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight. His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span : Then think you not this little knight 435.... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 300 pages
...THUMB. A BLACK LETTER COPY, PRINTED IN 1630, €i)t SoVkian Eflbrarg. LIFE AND DEATH OF TOM THUMB. IN Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle...of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight. His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span : Then think you not this little knight His... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1856 - 730 pages
...: printed for John Wright, 1G30." It commences thus • — " In Arthur's court Tom Thumbe did Hue, A man of mickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight: " His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke vou not this little knight... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1856 - 576 pages
...Imposture. Ibi. 1604, 4to. p. 135. 47.', 477 IN Arthurs court Tom Thumbe did line, A man of raickle might, The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight: His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span ; Then thinke you not this little knight, Was... | |
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