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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots. - [Proverbs] I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy, A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen. - Aunt Fanny [Youth] In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick, So they call him for short, is a regular brick; A metaphor taken--I have not the page aright-- From an ethical work by the Stagyrite. - Brothers of Birchington [Character] The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims. - Ingoldsby Legends--The Jackdaw of Rheims [Jackdaws] He was such a dear little cock-tailed pup. - Mr. Peter's Story [Dogs] Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing. - Sir Rupert the Fearless [Wooing] 'Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest. - The Confession [Eating] Right as a trivet. - The Ingoldsby Legends--Auto-da-fe [Right]
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