See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate,... Essays of Elia: And Other Pieces - Page 118by Charles Lamb - 1885 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1822 - 694 pages
...stars — See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...from these sins he is happily snatched away— Ere tin could blight, or lorrmc fade, Death came with timely care — his memory is odoriferous — no... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...in the dish, his second cradle, bow meek he lieth 1 — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow np e ` / conld bright, or sorrow fade, Ueatli cam« with timely carchis memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth,... | |
| William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...stars. " See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...— from these sins he is happily snatched away— Kre sin could blight, or sorrow fade. Death came with timely care— his memory is odoriferous —... | |
| William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...— wnl¡1 manner of filthy converm these sins he is happily ay•ould blight, or sorrow fade, une with timely care — his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejec'eth, the rank bacon — no coalheaver bolteth him in reeking sausages — he hath a fair sepulchre... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...stars. "See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst Ihou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal — »allowing in all manner of filthy conversation — from these sins he is happily snatchtd away—... | |
| English literature - 1836 - 1184 pages
...cradle, how meek he lieth! Wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indooility which too often accompany maturer swinehood ? Ten...disagreeable animal— wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation—from these sins he is happily snatched away— his memory is odoriferous—no clown... | |
| William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...stars. " See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouklst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...— from these sins he is happily snatched away— his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejecteth, the rank bacon —... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...shooting stars. See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care" — I his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejecteth, the rank bacon... | |
| Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...stars. — See him in the dish his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...timely care— his memory is odoriferous — no clown cursoth, while his stomach half rejecteth, the rank bacon — no coalheavcr bolteth him in reeking... | |
| Robert Cruikshank - English wit and humor - 1845 - 662 pages
...stars — See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal— \vallowing in all manner of filthy conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away' —... | |
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