| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 482 pagine
...natnred clown by yours. ****** " I have very little estate, but " what lies under the circumfe" rence of my hat ; and should I " by mischance come to lose my " head, I should not be worth a " groat ; but I ought to thank " Providence that I can by three " hours study live one and twenty p... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 476 pagine
...natnred clown by yours. ****** " I have very little estate, but " what lies under the circumfe" rence of my hat ; and should I " by mischance come to lose my " head, I should not be worth a " groat ; but I ought to thank " Providence that I can \,y three " hours study live one and twenty... | |
| George Colman - 1814 - 250 pagine
...Complain that He, forsooth ! must take his share Of ills, and 'groan, and sweat, and fardles bear?' says.—' I have very little Estate but what lies under the circumference of my bat; and should I by mischance come to lose my held, I should not be worth a groat.'— See his Poems... | |
| George Colman - 1818 - 242 pagine
...Complain that He, forsooth ! must take his share Of ills, and ' groan, and sweat, and fardles bear ?' Picture' of himself, says, — ' I have very little...mischance come to lose my head, I should not be worth a groat.' — See his Poems and Letters. Bear them how long? — So brief our date of breath, That cradle'd... | |
| 1821 - 754 pagine
...failings, that I am taken for an easy-natured man by my own sex, and an ill-natured clown by yours. — 1 have very little estate but what lies under the circumference of my hat; and should I by misfortune come to lose my head, I should not be worth a groat. But I ought to thank Providence that... | |
| 1821 - 670 pagine
...failings, that I am taken for an easy-natured man by my own sex, and an ill-natured clown by yours. — I have very little estate but what lies under the circumference of my bat; and should I by misfortune come to lose my head, I should not be worth a groat. But I ought to... | |
| British theatre - 1828 - 924 pagine
...man u Mi my own sex, and an illnalured clown by yours. 1 have very little i »I a Ic , but wliat lie* under the circumference of my hat , and should I by mischance come to loie my head, [ should nut be worth я gront; but I ought to thank Providence il. il I can by three... | |
| George Pepper - 1829 - 486 pagine
...dismal situation. In his moments of merriment he could jest with this idea ; " I have," said he, " very little estate but what lies under the circumference...mischance, come to lose my head, I should not be worth a groat." But, alas ! these were but moments of gayely, that were succeeded by hours of corroding reflection.... | |
| John Galt - 1831 - 332 pagine
...failings, that I am taken for an easy-natured man with my own sex, and an ill-natured clown by yours. " I have very little estate but what lies under the...mischance come to lose my head, I should not be worth a groat ; but I ought to thank Providence that I can by three hours' study live one-and-twenty with satisfaction... | |
| John Galt - 1831 - 336 pagine
...failings, that I am taken for an easy-natured man with my own sex, and an ill-natured clown by yours. " I have very little estate but what lies under the...mischance come to lose my head, I should not be worth a groat ; but I ought to thank Providence that I can by three hours' study live one-and-twenty with satisfaction... | |
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