Bezonian

“And under which king does Bezonian speak or die?” asked Warrington.

The History of Pendennis 2006

The line quoted by Thomson, (Shakspeare, by Thomson, Vol.X. p. 701.) 'Under which King Bezonian, speak or die!'

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

QUOTATION: Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die!

Quotations 1919

In Shakespeare's phrase, it was -- "Under which king, Bezonian? speak or die!"

Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North 1901

Some day South Africa must be federated, but if any politician asks me, "Under which king, Bezonian, speak or die," I shall elect (in these pages at least) to die.

A Tramp's Notebook Morley Roberts 1899

They met Mr. Bradlaugh at a little distance, hurrying to the scene of combat with the air of 'Under which king, Bezonian?' and if the locality had not been so extremely noisy they could not have but turned back to see the fun.

'That Very Mab' Andrew Lang 1878

"And under which king does Bezonian speak or die?" asked Warrington.

The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

"And under which king does Bezonian speak or die?" asked Warrington.

The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

The learned doctor, in the first folio, grapples with the word _sub_, which, says he, comes from the Greek -- so much is clear -- but from what Greek, Bezonian?

The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822

(how can there be a Court without a Lord Chamberlain?), and, "under which king, Bezonian?"

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 Various