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" I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And... "
Elements of criticism [by H. Home]. - Page 298
by Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 515 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry with his beaver on Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury ; And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropped from the c'ouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus. In that excellent book, so remarkable for...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly...vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...beaver on, 1 Thrown off. 3 Dressed with Ostrich feathers. + Fresh as birds just washed. His cuisses s on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, — • Rise from...vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch '' the world with noble horsemanship....
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Paris as it was and as it is: Or, A Sketch of the French Capital ..., Volume 1

Francis William Blagdon - Paris (France) - 1803 - 534 pages
...displayed by BONAPARTE in mounting his horse, that, to borrow the words of Shakspeare, he seemed to " Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, " And...vaulted with such ease into his seat, " As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds " To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, f( And witch the world with noble...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry, — with his beaver on, His cuisses5 on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, — Rise from the...vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch5 the world with noble horsemanship....
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry, — with his beaver on, His cuisses5 on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, — Rise from the...vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch8 the world with noble horsemanship....
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...glitter« inff warrior, who, Ns -with his beaver on, His cuishes on his thighs, gallantly arin'd, Rose from the ground like feather'd Mercury; And vaulted...seat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds." The students at the university seem desirous of retaining in their dress some traces of the martial...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...glittering warrior, who, " . . with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rose from the ground like feather'd Mercury ; And vaulted...seat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds." The students at the university seem desirous of retaining in their dress some traces of the martial...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...glitter* ing warrior, who, NN -with his beaver on, His cuishes on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rose from the ground like feather'd Mercury; And vaulted with such ease into his beat, As if an angel dropt down from the clouds." The students at the university seem desirous of retaining...
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Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ...

John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...his armour. In like manner he describes the Prince of Wales in the jirst Part of Henry the Fourth. I saw young Harry with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thigh, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, &c. On this passage Dr. Johnson...
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