 ... it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together abroad to watch for their booty, with that they can prettily shroud themselves under a bush or bankside till they may conveniently do their errand...  Ireland Under Elizabeth and James the First - Page 90by Edmund Spenser - 1890 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Spenser - 1750 - 320 pages
...all in all. J.aftiy, for a Thief, it is fo handfom, as it may feem it was firft invented for him t for under it he may cleanly convey any fit Pillage that cometh handfomely in his way ; and when he goeth abroad in the Night in Free-booting, it is his beft and fureft... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - Ireland - 1763 - 310 pages
...naked, it is to them all in all. Laftly, for a Thief, it is fo handfome, as it may feem it was firft invented for him: for under it he may cleanly convey any fit Pillage that Cometh handfomely in his way ;. and when he goeth abroad in the Night in . Free-booting, it is his beft and... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 594 pages
...naked, it is to them all in all. Laftly for a theife it is fo handfome, as it may feem it was firft invented for him, for under it he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that commeth handfomly in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his beft... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1813 - 444 pages
...being (as they commonly are) naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly, for a thiefe it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him, for...his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free booting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights together... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1813 - 472 pages
...being (as they commonly are) naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly, for a thiefe it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him, for...under it he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that commeth handsomely in his way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best... | |
 | Stephen Barlow - Ireland - 1814 - 504 pages
...being (as they commonly are) naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly, for a thief, it is so handsome, as it may seem it was first invented for him: for...in his way; and when he goeth abroad in the night on freebooting, it is his best and surest friend ; for lying, as they often do, two or three nights... | |
 | 1819 - 414 pages
...heing (as they commonly arc) naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly, for a thief it is so handsome, as it may seem it was first invented for him ; for...he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that cometh handsOmly in his way, and when he goeth ahroad in the night in free hooting, it is his hest and surest... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 290 pages
...being (as they commonly are) naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly, for a thiefe it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him, for...cleanly convey any fit pillage that cometh handsomely in bis way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it is his best and surest friend ;... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - Architecture - 1825 - 744 pages
...being (as they commonly are) naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly for a thiefe it is so handsome, as it may seem it was first invented for him, for...under it he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that conuneth handsoiuly in bis way, and when he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting, it .is his and... | |
 | Henry Blake - Connemara (Ireland) - 1825 - 392 pages
...receive a rebel it is as serviceable Lastly for a thiefe it is so handsome as it may seem it was at first invented for him, for under it he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that commeth handsomely in his way ; and when he goeth abroad in the night in freebooting, it is his best... | |
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