 | John Ray - 1768 - 586 sider
...oppofejl to all the reft of England in this refpeft, it being Pagan when all the reft was Cbrijiian. A Knight of Cales, a Gentleman of Wales, and a Laird of the North-ecu ntree. • A Teaman of Kent, with his yearly rent, -will buy the:n out all three. Cales Knights... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1775 - 448 sider
...following farcafm, A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales, dnd a laird of the North country ; Jiut a yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three. The ballad is printed from the E dit or' s folia MS. and feems to have been compofed by fome perfon,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1807 - 514 sider
...perfons of little fortunes, nor was Queen Elizabeth pleafed with him for making knighthood fo common. A knight of Cales, a gentleman of Wales, and a laird of the north countrie, Л vouinun of Kent with his yearly reut will buy them out ail three. Sir John being a gentleman... | |
 | John Ray - 1818 - 318 sider
...opposed to all the rest of Englund in this respect, it being Pagan when all the rest was Christian. A knight of Cales, a gentleman of Wales, and a laird of the North-countree. I all three. A yeoman of Kent, icith his yearly rent, mil buy them out Cales knights... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1823 - 386 sider
...these bad times) according to the old saying, which has some touch of heraldry in it; " A Kaii/lit of Cales, a Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Conntrie ; The Yeoman of KENT, with his yearly rent, Will weigh them oat all three." As to merchants,... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1824 - 424 sider
...(bating these bad times) according to the old saying, which has some touch of heraldry in it ; " A KnigU of Cales, a Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countrie ; The Yeoman of KENT, with his yearly rent, Will weigh them oat all three." As to merchants,... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 sider
...very seasonable. A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales, And a laird of the north country; — But a yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. f Sir Gelly rose into importance from the countenance of the Earl of Essex, and soon found himself... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 702 sider
...society now filled by the Country Gentleman. He was one of those of whom the proverb ran : " A Kuight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the...With his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three !" A cold sirloin, big enough to frighten a Frenchman, filled the place of honour, counter-checked... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 690 sider
...society now filled by the Country Gentleman. He was one of those of whom the proverb ran: " A Kuight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the...Countree; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent, Will buy Ihem out all three!" A cold sirloin, big enough to frighten a Frenchman, filled the place of honour,... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1840 - 384 sider
...position in society now filled by the Country Gentleman. He was one of those of whom the proverb ran : " A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird...With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three ! " A cold sirloin, big enough to frighten a Frenchman, filled the place of honour, counter-checked... | |
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A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three... 
