 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 516 pagina’s
...by kooke or crooke." The proverb of getting any thing by hooke or by crooke is i'aid to have aril'en in the time of Charles I. when there were two learned...difficult caufe was to be gotten either by HOOKE or by CROOKE. But here is a proof that this proverb is much older than that time ; and that the form was... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 502 pagina’s
...her to attaine by 'hooke or erooke." The proverb of getting any thing by hooke or by erooke is faid to have arifen in the time of Charles I. when there were two learned judges, named HOOKE and ('ROOM: ; and a difficult caufe was to be gotten either by HOOKE or by CROOK K. But here is a proof... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1807 - 354 pagina’s
...or crooke. 3. I. 17' The proverb of getting any thing by hooke or by crooke is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I. when there were two learned judges, named Hooke and Crooke; and a difficult cause was to be gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. But here is a proof that this proverb is much... | |
 | Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 612 pagina’s
...vol. ¡i.) that the proverb of getting any thing by hookc or by rrooke was supposed to have arisen in the time of Charles I. when there were two learned judges, named Hookc. and Crooke; and a difficult cause was to be gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. This notion... | |
 | 1843 - 486 pagina’s
...HOOKE OR BY CROOKE. — " The proverb of getting anything by hooke or by crooke, is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I., when there were two learned judges named Hooke and Crooke, and a difficult cause was to be gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. Spencer, however, mentions these words twice in... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 pagina’s
...given. BY HOOK OR BY CROOK! The proverb of getting anything by Hook or by Crook, is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I., when there were two learned judges named Hooke and Crooke ; and a difficult cause was to have been gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. Spenser, however, mentions these words... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 pagina’s
...given, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK! The proverb of getting anything by Hook or by Crook, is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I., when there were two learned judges named Hooke and Crooke ; and a difficult cause was to have been gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. Spenser, however, mentions these words... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 304 pagina’s
...could not do, he cut it with his sword. " BY HOOK OK BY CROOK." This proverb is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I., when there were two learned judges, Hooke and Crooke, and \ a difficult cause was to have been gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. Spenser,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1857 - 444 pagina’s
...As nail In door."— Shateptart'i Henry IV. BY HOOK OR BY CROOK. This proverb is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I., when there were two learned judges, Hooke and Crooke, and a difficult cause was to have been gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. Spenser,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1862 - 498 pagina’s
...FQ_ iii. i. 17 [vol. ii. p. 344]. " In hopes her to attaine by hooke or creoke." The proverb is faid to have arifen in the time of Charles I. when there...difficult caufe was to be gotten either by HOOKE or by CROOKE. But here is a proof that this proverb is much older than that time ; and that the form was... | |
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The proverb of getting anything by Hook or by Crook, is said to have arisen in the time of Charles I., when there were two learned judges named Hooke and Crooke ; and a difficult cause was to have been gotten either by Hooke or by Crooke. Spenser, however,... 
