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" I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. "
Nursery rhymes, tales and jingles. The Camden ed. Compiled by mrs. Valentine - Page 526
by Nursery rhymes - 1874
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Yorkshire Legends and Traditions: As Told by Her Ancient ..., Volume 2

Rev. Thomas Parkinson - Folklore - 1889 - 268 pages
...for bread made of human bones as had the one, more noted in story, who is accused of declaring : ' I smell the blood of an Englishman ; Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.' One day the giant of Dalton captured a youth, on the adjoining...
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Folk-lore and Legends: English

C. J. T. - Folklore - 1890 - 222 pages
...was sensible of some approaching danger, which made him cry out in these following words— " Fe, fi, fo, fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman ; Be...be he dead I '11 grind his bones to make me bread." " Sayest thou so 1" quoth Jack, " then thou art a monstrous miller indeed. But what if I serve thee...
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Chamber Comedies: A Collection of Plays and Monologues for the Drawing Room

Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell - 1890 - 344 pages
...longer you'll meet the Ogre, and then you won't need any directions. [Oare heard outside. Ogre. Fee, fi, fo, fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. Jack. What is that ? Grumps. The Ogre—the Ogre ! Jack. Oh...
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English Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs - Children's stories - 1890 - 296 pages
...Although the giant could not see Jack, he smelt his approach, and cried out in these words : " Fee, fi, fo, fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman ! Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make me bread ! " " Say'st thou so," said Jack ; " then thou art a monstrous...
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Folk-lore and Legends: English

C. J. T. - Folklore - 1891 - 216 pages
...sensible of some approaching danger, which made him cry out in these following words — " Pe, fi, fo, fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman ; Be...be he dead I '11 grind his bones to make me bread." " Sayest tliou so ? " quoth Jack, " then thou art a monstrous miller indeed. But what if I serve thee...
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Fairy Tale Plays and how to Act Them

Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell - Children's plays - 1896 - 434 pages
...the Ogre, and then you won't need any directions. [OGRE heard outside, R. Ogre (outside). Fee, fi, fo, fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread. ZZE_Z f3 if n \ I kM ) 4- | rJ *A ^st ^ I i F<e, I5"' _ J -J...
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Tattle-tales of Cupid

Paul Leicester Ford - Literary Criticism - 1898 - 284 pages
...him in and let him see you and get a cup of tea. [Exit r. Dennis (stalking down stage]. Fe, Fo, Fi, Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman ; Be he alive,...be he dead, I '11 grind his bones to make me bread. Rose (pointing at Dennis). Ping Wing, the pieman's son, Was the very worst boy in all Canton, He stole...
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The Heart of Oak Books: Third Book : Fairy Stories and Classic Tales of ...

Charles Eliot Norton - Fairy tales - 1899 - 296 pages
...of his invisible coat, yet he was sensible of some approaching danger, which made him cry out : — I smell the blood of an Englishman; Be he alive, or be he dead, Til grind his bones to make my bread" " Say you so ? " quoth Jack, " then you are a monstrous miller...
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The cyclops of Euripides

Euripides - Cyclopes (Greek mythology) - 1900 - 140 pages
...doggerel, in one of Jack's adventures: ' Fe, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he live, or be he dead, I '11 grind his bones to make me bread.' 220. S,v. For repetition, see GMT. 223. Such a repetition is comically exaggerated by Aristophanes...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Historical and ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1901 - 628 pages
...compiled from something that was so, are the following lines, spoken by a giant : — " Fee, faw, f urn, I smell the blood of an Englishman : Be he alive, or be he dead, I '11 grind his bones to make my bread.*' Scene V. 7. a provoking merit : — " A merit he felt in himself which irritated him against...
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