 | David Hughson - 1817 - 810 páginas
...the following sarcastic effusion : In rain poor sable son of woe Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee in vain with pangs they flow, For Mercy dwells...thou fledst in vain, Lawyers less quarter give ; The fint won't eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive I A pump now covers St. Clement's Well,... | |
 | George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 páginas
...seek'st a tender ear ; In vain thy tears with anguish flow : NOTE BOOK. 45 From cannibals thou fly'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't...eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive. THE THIEF. I tell, with equal truth and grief, That little C— 's an errant thief. Before the urchin... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 páginas
...tender ear ; In vain thy tears with anguish flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fly'st in vain, Lawyers less quarter give : The first won't...you till you're slain, — The last will do't alive ! LIARS COMPARED. Such a liar is Tom, there's none can lie faster, Excepting his maid, and she'll lie... | |
 | 1843 - 572 páginas
...as in a march. (To he continued.) ON THE STATUE OF THE NEGRO IN CLEMENT'S INN. In vain, poor sahle son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; From thee...with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannihals thou fled'et in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you 're slain,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 páginas
...day affixed to it. The point of the satire is somewhat old, though the form is new and clever:— " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear; For thce in vain with pangs they flow ; For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fledd'st in... | |
 | 1844 - 288 páginas
...following lines are said to have been found stuck upon the figure :— In vain, poor sable son of woo, Thou seek'st the tender tear: From thee in vain with...eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive. The conduct of the students of these little law seminaries in the olden time may be judged of from... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 páginas
...side." f In Knox's Elegant Extracts are some lines on this negro, which have often been repeated : " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee in vain with pangs they flow ; For mercy dwells not here. * Trivia ; or the Art of Walking... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 páginas
...which have often been repeated : " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee in vain with pangs they flow ; For mercy dwells not here. * Trivia ; or the Art of Walking the Streets of London, book iii. Of a similar, and more perplexing... | |
 | 1884 - 668 páginas
...teniler ear; In vain thy tears with anguish flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou flyVt in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give; The first won't eat you till you 're slain, The last will dj Ч alive." 0. DlSTRKSSED, Л PECULIAR Ц.ЧЛОЕ OF ТПЕ WORD. —... | |
 | 1884 - 672 páginas
...1er ear ; In vain thy tears with anguish flaw, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibale thou fly'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you 're slain, The last will da Ч alive." 0. DISTRESSED, A PECULIAR USAGE OF THE WORD. — Dr. Edward... | |
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In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; From thee in vain with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last will... 
