| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...no chink.) " An't please your honour," quoth the peasant, " This same dessert is not so pleasant : Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty !" ROBERT EARL OF OXFORD AND EARL MORTIMER. Sent to the Earl of Oxford, with Dr. Parnelfs Poem* published... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 294 Seiten
...stucco has no chink) ' An't please your honour, (quoth the peasant) This same desert is not so pleasant: Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and liberty!' BOOK I. EPISTLE I. 2To TlovD -Bolt1ujbrotc. ST. JOHN, whose love indulged my labours past* Matures... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 290 Seiten
...stucco has no chink) ' An't please your honour, (quoth the peasant) This same desert is not so pleasant: Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread and liberty !' BOOK I. EPISTLE I. £o ?Ioru Public too long, ah! let me hide my age: See modest Gibber now has... | |
| One hundred fables, James Plumptre - 1825 - 306 Seiten
...the floor. ' An't please your honour, 'quoth the peasant, ' This same desert is not so pleasant : ' Give me again my hollow tree, ' A crust of bread, and liberty!' FABLE V. THE WOLF AND THE DOG. By William Somerville. A PROWLING Wolf, that scour 'd the plains, To... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 Seiten
...chink). • ' An't please your honour,' quoth the peasant : ' This same dessert is not so pleasant : Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty!' BOOK IV. ODE I. TO VENUS. AGAIN? new tumults in my breast; Ah spare me, Venue ! let me, let me rest... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...no chink). « An't please your honour,' quoth the peasant : 4 This same dessert is not so pleasant : Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty!' BOOK XV. ODE X. TO VENUS. AGAIN ? new tumults in my breast? Ah spare me, Venus ! let me, let me rest... | |
| 1829 - 838 Seiten
...wished for other recompence of my humble merits, nor breathed any other aspiration than that of the Poor Country Mouse — Give me again my hollow tree. A crust of bread, and LIBEHTY. Already I feel the healing virtue of my redintegration into so near an approach to the status... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...no chink.) ' An't please your honour,' quoth the peasant, * This same desert is not во pleasant : !' BOOK IV.— ODE I. TO VENUS. AGAIN? new tumults in my breast? Ah spare me, Venus ! let me, let me... | |
| Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 388 Seiten
...has a chink.) " An't please your honour," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant; Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty !" MORAL. Poverty and safety are preferable to luxury and danger. FABLE XXVI. jpox anto tfie <£rofo.... | |
| Anne Parker - 1835 - 302 Seiten
...on the floor. " An't please your honour," quoth the peasant, "This same desert is not so pleasant: Give me again my hollow tree, A crust of bread, and liberty ! " THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE. A PEACOCK and a Crane being in company together, the Peacock's pride... | |
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