 I'm amazed at the signs As I pass through the town ; To see the odd mixture A Magpie and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Sun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot.  The British Isles - Page 38by Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - 1909 - 283 lehteFull view - About this book
 | J. Taylor - 1822 - 220 lehte
...Tavern Si9ns. " I'M amaz'd at the signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture — A magpyc and crown, The whale and the crow, The razor and hen, The leg and seven stars, The axe and the battle , The tun and the lute , The eagle and child. The shovel and 6oo/." British Apollo,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 lehte
...SIGNS, &c. " I'm amus'd at the Signs, AI pass through the town, To see the odd mixture — A Magpye aud Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stare, The Axe and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot. Bristol... | |
 | John Yonge Akerman - 1849 - 312 lehte
...century later, the British Apollo records them thus : — I 'm amused at the signs As I pass throngh the town. To see the odd mixture — A Magpie and...The Razor and Hen ; The Leg and Seven Stars ; The Axe and the Bottle ; The Tun and the Lute ; The Eagle and Child ; The Shovel and Boot. Several of the... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - 1849 - 262 lehte
...the signs As I pass through the town : To see the odd mixture A Magpye and Crown, (vide p. 147, ante) The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Sev'n Stars, The Bible and Swan, The Ax and the Bottle, The Ton and the Lute, (rebus of Luton ?) The... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 lehte
...one instance : here is another, written about the beginning of the last century : — " I'm amazed at the signs As I pass through the town, To see the...The Razor and Hen ; The Leg and Seven Stars ; The Axe and the Bottle ; The Sun and the Lute; The Eagle and Child; The Shovel and Boot." NATURAL GAS JETS,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 lehte
...SIGNS, &c. "I'm amused at the Signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture — A Magpye and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot." Bristol Apollo,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 lehte
...SIGNS, &c. ' " I'm amused at the Signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture — A Magpye and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot." Bristol Apollo,... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 lehte
...those days,) in the hope of eliciting an explanation of their quaint combination : — " I 'in amazed at the Signs As I pass through the Town, To see the...Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot." All these signs... | |
 | 1868 - 368 lehte
...Law Courts. of its leg or league. We remember reading in "The Britisl1 Apollo," 1710 : — ' ' I'm amused at the signs as I pass through the town, To...Razor and Hen,' ' The Leg and Seven Stars,' ' The Axe and the Bottle,' ' The Tun and the Lute,' •The Eagle and Child,' 'The Shovel and Boot.'" What... | |
 | 1873 - 618 lehte
...excavators to determine. Architect, March 21. CURIOUS TAVERN SIGNS. " T 'm amazed at the signs, JL As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture,...crow, The razor and hen, The leg and seven stars, The axe and the bottle, The tun and the lute, The eagle and child, The shovel and boot. " — British A... | |
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