"Losel" Quotes from Famous Books
... take it not ill, like the Tinker If a trickster had foundered his muck-sled; For he loves not rough travelling, the losel, And loath would he be of this uproar. I flinch not,—nay, hear it, ye fearless Who flee not when arrows are raining,— Though the steeds of the ocean be storm-bound And stayed in the ... — The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald • Unknown
... correspondent, is still kept up. Yes, sir, a settled, secret, and determined conspiracy has been going on for generations among this indomitable people, the descendants of the refugees from New-Amsterdam; the object of which is to redeem their ancient seat of empire, and to drive the losel ... — Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies • Washington Irving |