"Begirt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... CECILIA. I thought, like Sir Andrew Aguecheek, "It is four to one she'll none of me." Nay, the odds were probably even longer. Ah, CECILIA, if these lines meet thine eyes, thou wilt know that one heart still is true. In another life, less begirt by material difficulties, we may meet amongst the asphodel, where there is no opportunity for the display of mere mechanical accomplishments. Till ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, June 11, 1892 • Various
... peacock with a fiery tail I saw a comet drop down hail I saw a cloud begirt with ivy round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I saw the sea brimful of ale I saw a Venice glass full six feet deep I saw a well filled with men's tears that weep I saw men's eyes all in a flame of ...
— History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
... In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights; And all who since, baptised or infidel, Jousted in Aspramont or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage fell ...
— Post-Augustan Poetry - From Seneca to Juvenal • H.E. Butler |
