I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo... Effigies Poeticae: Or, The Portraits of the British Poets : Illustrated by ... - Страница 57по Barry Cornwall - 1824 - 146 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 страници
...He ever liked your course, sir ; that first took him. I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every...contraries, 'Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give forked... | |
| British drama - 1811 - 696 страници
...He ever liked your course, sir ; that first took him. 1 oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every...contraries, 'Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; Tliat, with niost quick agility, "could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 страници
...lik'd your course, sir ; that first took him. I oft have heard him say, how he admirM, Men of у our large profession, that could speak To every cause,...mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give forked... | |
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 страници
...sir ; that first took him. I oft have heard him say, how he admir'd. Men of your large profesión, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give lorked... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 518 страници
...He ever liked your course, sir ; that first took him. I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men. of your large profession, that could speak To every...cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoars* again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And [re-]return; [could]'... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 444 страници
...Mos. He ever liked your course, sir; that first took him. I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every...mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give forked... | |
| Barry Cornwall - 1824 - 132 страници
...Esop's,) who could flatter even the fees from lawyers : " I oft have heard him say how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every...quarrelled over the spoil, — and that rich idealist, 5ir Epicure Mammon ; the only man on record who ever went beyond his dramatic! name. We should like,... | |
| Bryan Waller Procter - 1824 - 408 страници
...Esop's,) who could flatter even the fees from lawyers : *' I oft have heard him eay how he admired Men of your large profession» that could speak To every...contraries, Till they were hoarse again, — yet all be law." 28 BEN JONSON. Face and Subtle, (twin children of Hermes,) who first pillaged the world and... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 страници
...protection. Joanna Baillie's Orra, a. 1, s. 2. LAWYERS. I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your large profession that could speak To every...mere contraries Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law. Ben Jonson's Volpone. So wise, go grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud withal, that could... | |
| 1824 - 762 страници
...Esop's) who could flatter even the fees from lawyers : " I oft have heard him say how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every...contraries, Till they were hoarse again, — yet all be law." " Face and Subtle, (twin children of Hermes,) who first pillaged the world and then quarrelled... | |
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