 | Gleanings - 1805 - 232 pages
...held a pair of sheers ; from his mouth, a table was pendent, on which, these words were inscribed : " I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, " Musing in my mind, what garment 1 shall wear." The Queen was delighted with his performance, commended his wit, and liberally... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1807 - 268 pages
...pair of scissars in his hand, with a copy of verses underneath, beginning with the two following: — I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my mind what raiment I shall wear. l!ondon, 1542. The Breviary of Health; wherein • are remedies for all diseases, and in which obscure... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Anecdotes - 1807 - 538 pages
...invented by Andrew Borde, a facetious wit of those days. The print bears the following inscription: I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my mind, what rayment I shall were ; For now I will were this, and now I will were that, And now I will were, what... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 696 pages
...hanging on his right arm, and a pair of sheers in his left hand; under which are the following lines; " I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my rnyncle wiial raymont I shall were: For now I will were thv<, and now I will were that» And now I... | |
 | Robert Southey - Authors, English - 1808 - 414 pages
...countrymen standing naked, with a pair of shears in one hand) and a piece of clpth, in the other, saying I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, ' Musing...wear that, And now I will wear I cannot tell what. When J. was a school -boy every body wore leathern breeches, which were made so tight that it was a... | |
 | Robert Southey - Authors, English - 1808 - 410 pages
...countrymen standing naked, with a pair of shears in one hand, and a piece of cloth in the other, saying I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here. Musing in my mind what raiment I shall wear, Por now.J will wear this, and now I wilL wear that, And pow.I will wear I cannot tell what. When J.... | |
 | Robert Southey - England - 1808 - 274 pages
...countrymen standing naked, with a pair of shears in one hand, and a piece of cloth in the other, saying: I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my mind what raiment 1 shall wear, For now 1 will wear this, and now I will wear thut, And now I will wear I cannot tell... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...early poets, Andrew Boord, to an Englishman, and he inscribed under the figure these lines : — " I am an Englishman and naked I stand here Musing in my minde what garment I shall weare, For now 1 will weare this, and now I will weare that, Now I will... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1816 - 600 pages
...holding a piece of cloth in one hand, and я pair of shears in the other, with these verses underneath : I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my miad what garment I shall wear. Before the seventh chapter is the picture of the author, standing in... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...different sorts lying by him, together with a pair of sheers, under which he placed the following motto : I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my mind what rayment I shall wear. Roman Antiquities. — The following is a description of the Roman Sacrificial... | |
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I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing in my mind what raiment I shall wear, For now I will wear this, and now I will wear that, And now I will wear I cannot tell what. 
