 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 346 psl.
...iron skewer, pierces the tender sides of both, their leg's and wings close pinioned to the ribs : so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they...fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 psl.
...iron skewer, pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs, so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they...fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closelyjoined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half his... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1811 - 390 psl.
...iron skewer pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to their ribs: so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they...fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1812 - 250 psl.
...iron skewer, pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs : so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joiued in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 446 psl.
...iron skewer, pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs ; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they...fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 446 psl.
...iron skewer, pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs ; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they...fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1814 - 310 psl.
...of both. Joined in their lives, joined in their death, so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half his fare." Such is the candour of Wit ! The great qualities of an adversary, as in Bentley, are distorted into... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 442 psl.
...they fell, joinedjn their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half his fare. Farewell, beloved, loving pair ; few equals have you left behind : and happy and immortal shall you... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 342 psl.
...fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half his fare. Farewell, beloved, loving pair ; few equab have you left behind ; and happy and immortal shall yon... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 458 psl.
...much more as he was one in holy orders, and that had undertaken the public defence of religion. Mr W. transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined, that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half... | |
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As when a skilful cook has trussed a brace of woodcocks, he with iron skewer pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined... 
