 | 1848 - 704 Seiten
...Alotharius, King of Kent, dated 679. There was also one by King Edred, of date 949, written by the Abbot St. Dunstan, who, " As the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose With red-hot tongs, that made him roar, Till he was heard three miles and more ;" or, as the prosaic historian tells us,... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 Seiten
...or lines to that effect beneath; they are quoted from memory :— St. Dunstan, as the «tory'goe«, Once pull'd the devil by the nose With red-hot tongs,...made him roar. That he was heard three miles or more. 1 On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageant« of sir John Shorter, knt. as lord mayor, were very splendid.... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 Seiten
...bondage, with these lines, or lines to that effect beneath; they are quoted from memory : — St. Dunstan, ea On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageants of sir John Shorter, knt. as lord mayoi, were very splendid.... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 Seiten
...bondage, with these lines, or lines to that effect beneath; they are quoted from memory : — St. Dunstan, as the story goes. Once pull'd the devil by the nose...made him roar, That he was heard three miles or more. On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageants if sir John Shorter, knt. as lord mayoi, were very splendid,... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 Seiten
...bondage, with these lines, or lines to that effect beneath; they are quoted from memory : — St. Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose With red-hot tongs, which made him roar. That he иа» heard three miles or more. On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageants of sir John Shorter, knt.... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 Seiten
...prithee, mend, And say, just for once, ' I unburden my chest.' " THE DEVIL AND ST. DUNSTAN. St. Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose...made him roar, That he was heard three miles or more. LINES On reading in a newspaper that a young lady, of great musical celebrity, had stipulated with... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 Seiten
...bondage, with these lines, or lines to that effect beneath; they are quoted from memory :— St. Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose...made him roar, That he was heard three miles or more. On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageants of sir John Shorter, knt. as lord mayor, were very splendid.... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 Seiten
...they had a pageant representing the miracle of Dunstan and the Devil. " St. Dunstan ns the story gocs, Once pull'd the devil by the nose With red-hot tongs,...him roar, That he was heard three miles or more," Even Gog and Magog, who were then only made of wicker-work and pasteboard, yearly graced the procession,... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 Seiten
...quoted from memory :— St. Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nos« \\ u li red-hot tongs, which made him roar. That he was heard three miles or more. On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageants of sir John Shorter, knt. as lord mayor, were very splendid.... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 Seiten
...bondage, with these lines, or lines to that effect beneath; they are quoted from memory :— St. Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose...made him roar, That he was heard three miles or more. On lord mayor's day, in 1687, the pageants if sir John Shorter, knt. as lord mayor, were very splendid.... | |
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St. Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose With red-hot tongs, which made him roar, That he was heard three miles or more. 
