Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. Every Saturday - Страница 691874Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| James Boswell - 1884 - 634 страници
...And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." " And now," said he, as I was writing them down, " you may see what it is to come...run in alphabetical order exactly." And so they do. Dr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation. — Piozzi, Anecdotes, pp.... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 468 страници
...And all who wisely wish to wive, Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." " And now (said he, as I was writing them down), you may see what it is to come...in alphabetical order exactly." — And so they do. Mr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation : when he called to my daughter,... | |
| James Boswell - 1885 - 492 страници
...; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." "And now," said he, as I was writing them down, "you may see what it is to come...run in alphabetical order exactly." And so they do. Dr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation.— Piozzi. He was much pleased... | |
| James Boswell - 1889 - 578 страници
...Affleck) in Ayrshire, which belonged to a family it is to come for poetry to a dictionary -maker ; you may observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly.' And so they do. Dr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation." — Fiozzi, Anecdotes, pp.... | |
| Leonard Benton Seeley - 1891 - 394 страници
...And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.' ' " And now," said he, as I was writing them down, " you may see what it is to come...run in alphabetical order exactly." And so they do.' Mrs. Thrale omitted in the ' Anecdotes ' to mention the year in which these verses were written. In... | |
| Leonard Benton Seeley - 1891 - 398 страници
...And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.' ' " And now," said he, as I was writing them down, " you may see what it is to come...run in alphabetical order exactly." And so they do.' Mrs. Thrale omitted in the ' Anecdotes ' to mention the year in which these verses were written. In... | |
| Anne Mozley - 1892 - 418 страници
...And all who wisely wish to wive, Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." " ' And now,' said he, as I was writing them down, 'you may see what it is to come...really a bundle of valuable maxims ; but how easily How the lines to Miss Iteynolds, in imitation of the ' Penny Ballads,' and how well the rhythm is caught... | |
| William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 страници
...at thirty-five. And now," said he, as the lady took down the verses, "you may see what it is to come to a dictionary-maker ; you may observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly." One day when he called on Mrs. Piozzi her daughter was consulting with a friend alxuit a new gown and... | |
| George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 страници
...thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. ' And now (said he, as I was writing them down), you may see what it is to come...run in alphabetical order exactly.' And so they do. Mr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation 2 : when he called to my daughter,... | |
| George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 страници
...thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. ' And now (said he, as I was writing them down), you may see what it is to come...run in alphabetical order exactly.' And so they do. Mr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation 2 : when he called to my daughter,... | |
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