 | Collection - 1758 - 354 pages
...he faid, " if you pleafe " We will try it ; I would by experiment know ^ If the wet hath not damag'd the firing of my bow. Forthwith from his quiver an arrow he drew, To the ftring he apply'd it, and twang went the yew ; The arrow was gone ; in my bofom it center'd : No fting... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...he faid, " If you pleafe " We will try it ; I would by experiment know " If the wet hath not damag'd the firing of my bow." Forthwith from his quiver an...more fharp ever enter'd. Away fkipp'd the urchin, as brifk as a bee, And laughing, " I wifh you much joy friend, quoth he : " My bow is undamag'd, for true... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...faid, " If you pleafe *' We will try it ; I would by experiment know " If the wet hath not damag'd the firing of my bow." Forthwith from his quiver an arrow he drew, To the ftring he apply'd it, and twang went the yew ; The arrow was gone ; in my bofom it center'd : No fting... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...be faid, " If you pleafe " We will try it; I would by experiment know " If the wet hath not damag'd the firing of my bow." Forthwith from his quiver an arrow he drew, To the Itring he apply'd it, and twang went the yew ; The arrow was gone ; in my bofom it center'd : No fting... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pages
...faid, If you pleafe "We will try it ; I wou'd by experiment know If the wet hath not damag'd the (iring of my bow. Forthwith from his quiver an arrow he drew, To the ftring he apply'd it, and twang went the yew; The arrow was gone : in my bofom it center'd, No (ling... | |
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I chaf'd him all over, kept out the cold air, And I wrung with my hands the wet out of his hair. He from wet and from cold was no fooner at eafe, But taking his bow up, he faid, " If you pleafe *' We will try it ; I would by experiment know " If the wet... 