 Poems, published in 1793, are these lines : " We teach old maxims, neither less or more, Than Locke, or humble Hooker taught before. Those fograms, quizzes, treats, and bores, and gigs, Were held in some account with ancient prigs,  Poems by George Butt. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.]. - Pàgina 225per George Butt - 1793Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1857 - 652 pàgines
...despair ! GEORGE STEPHENS. Slang in 1793.— In Butt's Poems, published in 1793, are these lines : '* We teach old maxims, neither less or more, Than Locke,...gigs, Were held in some account with ancient prigs," &e. And to the last line but one is this note : — " Barbarous terms of the day, adopted by the great... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1893 - 404 pàgines
...teach old maxims, neither lessnrr more. Than JxKke, or humble Hooker taught before, Those FOGRUMS, quizzes, treats, and bores, and gigs. Were held in some account with ancient prigs. 1798. O'KEEFE, Fantainklfau, II., 3. Never mind, old FOGRUM, run away with me. 1869. MATSELL, Rogue's... | |
 | 1857 - 998 pàgines
...1793.— In ButU Poems, published in 1733, are these lines : " We teach old maxims, neither less nor more, Than Locke, or humble Hooker taught before....gigs, Were held in some account with ancient prigs," &c. And to the last line but one is this note : " Barbarous terms of the day, adopted by the great... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1893 - 368 pàgines
...of the worde, withoute GIGGES or fancies of haereticall and newe opinions. 1793. BUTT, forms. . . . Fograms, quizzes, treats, and bores, and GIGS, Were held in some account with ancient prigs. 1856. WHYTE MELVILLE, Kate Coventry, ch. xiv. Such a set of GIGS, my dear, 1 never saw in my life ;... | |
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