 And those fowre garrisons issuing foorthe, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemye, will so drive him from one side to another and tennis him amongst them, that he shall finde nowhere safe to keepe his creete,...  Dictionary of English Etymology - Стр. 381авторы: Hensleigh Wedgwood (M.A.) - 1865Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1883 - Страниц: 668
...understood in its old sense of beating to and fro. Spenser writes, "And those four garrisons issuing forth will so drive him from one side to another and tennis him amongst them that he shall find no where safe to keep his creet [earthen vessel] in, nor hide himself" (State of... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1857 - Страниц: 600
...those four garrisons issuing forth, at such convenient timea as they shall have intelligence or espial upon the enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them, that he aball find no where aafe to keep his creet in, • nor hide himself, but, flying from the fire,... | |
 | 1860 - Страниц: 754
...those 4 garrisons issuing forth, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them, that he shall finde no where safe to keepe his creete in, nor hide himselfe, but flying from the fire... | |
 | Julian Marshall - 1878 - Страниц: 308
...those 4 garrisons issuing forth, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them, that he shall find no where safe " (Ed. Spencer, A view of the State of Ireland, 1633, reprinted 1860,... | |
 | Julian Marshall - 1878 - Страниц: 330
...those 4 garrisons issuing forth, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and fenim him amongst them, that he shall find no where safe " (Ed. Spencer, A view of the St i<« of Ireland,... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 1912 - Страниц: 280
...issuing foorthe, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemye, will so drive him from one side to another and tennis him amongst them, that he shall finde nowhere safe to keepe his creete, or hide himselfe, but flying from the fire shall... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 1919 - Страниц: 240
...issuing foorthe, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemye, will so drive him from one side to another and tennis him amongst them, that he shall finde nowhere safe to keepe his creete, or hide himselfe, but flying from the fire shall... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 1918 - Страниц: 556
...issuing foorthe, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemye, will so drive him from one side to another and tennis him amongst them, that he shall finde nowhere safe to keepe his creete, or hide himselfe, but flying from the fire shall... | |
 | 1909 - Страниц: 872
...[counsels Spenser] issuing forth, at such convenient times as they shall have intelligence or espiall upon the enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them, that he shall finde nowhere safe to keep his creete in, nor hide himselfe, but flying from the fire... | |
 | 1884 - Страниц: 586
...in my Dictionary я passage from Spenser on the state of Ireland in which the verb to tennis is used in the sense of driving to and fro : " These four garrisons issuing forth upon the enemy will ao drive him from one side to another, and tennis him among them." The only question will be whether... | |
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