 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, disagreeable...  Essays of Charles Lamb - Seite 150von Charles Lamb - 1904 - 413 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 Seiten
...radiant jellies — shooting stars. — See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth 1 — Wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the...conversation. From these sins he is happily snatched away. Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care. —His memory is odoriferous. No... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1882 - 216 Seiten
...friend's "Epitaph on an Infant" to justify the sacrifice of the innocent suckling, before it should " grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood — " ' Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade Death came with timely care.' " And, now and then, with... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1882 - 212 Seiten
...friend's "Epitaph on an infant " to justify the sacrifice of the innocent suckling, before it should "grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer ewinehood, — Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade Death came with timely care." And, now and then,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1884 - 546 Seiten
...radiant jellies — shooting stars. See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the...conversation, — from these sins he is happily snatched away, — Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care — his memory is odoriferous,... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 Seiten
...radiant jellies — shooting stars. See him m 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 swinchood ? Ten to one he would have provtda glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal —... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1885 - 296 Seiten
...stars — See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had thjs innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which...conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away — Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care — his memory is odoriferous... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 Seiten
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness 165 and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...conversation. From these sins he is happily snatched away "Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, 170 Death came with timely care." His memory is odoriferous... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 Seiten
...radiant jellies — shooting stars. See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — ert — " Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade ; Death came with timely care — " his memory is odoriferous... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - 1888 - 368 Seiten
...radiant jellies — shooting stars — See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth l — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the...conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away — Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care — his memory is odoriferous... | |
 | William Hone - 1888 - 876 Seiten
...radiant jellies — shooting stars. "See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the...— from these sins he is happily snatched away— Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade. Death came with timely care — his memory is odoriferous —... | |
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