 | Gleanings - 1805 - 232 str.
...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 str.
...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 - 1807 - 538 str.
...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 - 1807 - 696 str.
...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 - 1808 - 414 str.
...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...For now I will wear this, and now I will wear that, And now I will wear I cannot tell what. When J. was a school -boy every body wore leathern breeches,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1808 - 410 str.
...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 - 1808 - 274 str.
...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... | |
 | 1814 - 262 str.
...intention, they will now be parsons, lawyers, soldiers; or as Andrew Borde describes our countrymen, " I am an Englishman, and naked I stand here, Musing...For now I will wear this, and now I will wear that, And now I will wear, I cannot tell what." Borde lived in the early part of the sixteenth century ;... | |
 | 1816 - 764 str.
...Swift. * FR1SKER. nf [from //•/#.] A wanton : ope kot conftai'.t or fettled.— Now I will yvcar this, and now I will wear that ; Now I will wear I cannot tell whati ' All new fafhions be pleafant to me: Now 1 am afri/ktr, all men on me look ; What mould I do... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 str.
...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... | |
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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. 
