 | Augustine Birrell - 1894 - 256 páginas
...his own death, assigns Gay a week in which to grieve : ' Poor Pope would grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day ; St. John himself will...; The rest will give a shrug and cry, " I'm sorry, bat we all must die. " ' It is a matter of notoriety that Gay was very fat and fond of eating. He is,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 404 páginas
...the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament; Poor Pope would grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day ; St. John himself will...a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, ' I'm sorry—but we all must die !' Indifference, clad in wisdom's guise, All fortitude of mind supplies... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 400 páginas
...the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament; Poor Pope would grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day ; St. John himself will...a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, ' I'm sorry—but we all must die !' Indifference, clad in wisdom's guise, All fortitude of mind supplies... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 páginas
...the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament. Poor Pope would grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day. St. John himself will scarce...shrug, and cry, 'I'm sorry — but we all must die!' ***** Suppose me dead ; and then suppose A club assembled at the Rose ; Where, from discourse of this... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 páginas
...rubbish by calling it his. His friends are really touched. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day, St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen aud drop a tear, The rest will give a shrug and cry, " 'Tis pity, but we all must die ! " The ladies... | |
 | John Dennis - 1896 - 276 páginas
...to his most intimate friends : li . ' Poor Pope will grieve a month ; and Gay A week ; and Arbutlmot a day. St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite...shrug, and cry, "I'm sorry— but we all must die."' Why grieve, indeed, at the death of friends, since no loss is more easy to supply, and in a year the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...welcome Which comes to punish us, and we punish it, Seeming to bear it lightly. SHAKSPEARE. IndifTrence, clad in wisdom's guise, All fortitude of mind supplies...can stony bowels melt In those who never pity felt ? SWIFT. FORTUNE. Fair fortune next, with looks serene and kind, Receives 'em, in her ancient fane... | |
 | 1895 - 748 páginas
...lament. Poor Pope would grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbnthnot a day. St. John himself would scarce forbear To bite his pen and drop a tear. The...shrug and cry, ' I'm sorry — but we all must die !' " The whole concludes with one of those strokes in which he turns his own good deeds into a scornful... | |
 | John Dennis - 1899 - 294 páginas
...will cause a brief regret to his most intimate friends: ' Poor Pope will grieve a month ; and Gay A week ; and Arbuthnot a day. St. John himself will...a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, "I'm sorry—but we all must die."' Why grieve, indeed, at the death of friends, since no loss is more easy... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 páginas
...the scene, to represent How those I loved my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day: St John himself will scarce...shrug, and cry, ' I'm sorry — but we all must die!'] My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act their parts, Receive the news in... | |
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Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day. St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, "I'm sorry—... 
