 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1867 - 444 páginas
...sun-dial, upon which a legal wit inscribed the following Hues :— " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thon seek'st the tender tear ; From thee in vain with pangs...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive," Unfortunately these lines have been obliterated. CHAPTER XLH. WITNESSES. IN the days when Mr. Davenport... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1867 - 464 páginas
...negro, supporting a sun-dial, upon which work of art a legal wit inscribed the following lines : — " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; Th«.7iV«{ wont eat yon till you're slain, The la«t will do' t alive." Unfortunately these lines... | |
 | Mark Lemon - 1867 - 368 páginas
...known have been very good fellows ; but the lines once attached to Blackey are worth recalling : — " From cannibals thou fledst in vain : Lawyers less quarter give. The first won't eat yon when you're slain, The last will while you live." In the church in the Strand Dr. Johnson was a... | |
 | Mark Lemon - 1867 - 364 páginas
...known have been very good fellows; but the lines once attached to Blackey are worth recalling :— " From cannibals thou fledst in vain: Lawyers less quarter give. The first won't cat yon when you're slain, The last will while you b've." In the church in the Strand Dr. Johnson was... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 páginas
...tender ear ; In vain thy tears with anguish flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals tliou fliest in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't...eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive. The law can take a purse in open court, Whilst it condemns a less delinquent for 't. Fergusson, the... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 páginas
...anguish flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fliest in vain; Lawyers less quarter pve ; The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive. lawyers, like physicians, have proved a prolific t-onrcc of epigrammatic wit. Butler, in one of his... | |
 | 1870 - 546 páginas
...surely go below without a cause." On the statue in Clement's Inn of a Negro supporting a sun-dial : " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear; For thee, alas ! it still must flow, For mercy dwells not here. From Cannibals thou fled'st in vain.... | |
 | 1870 - 546 páginas
...surely go below without a cause." On the statue in Clement's Inn of a Negro supporting a sun-dial : " For thee, alas ! it still must flow. For mercy dwells not here. From Cannibals thou fled'st in vain.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 516 páginas
...following satirical verses:— " 1n vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee in vain with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." There exists no evidence of Clement's Inn having been a court of law previously to 14S6; unless, indeed,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 510 páginas
...verses:— " 1n vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee in vain with panga they flow, For mercy dwells not here. " From cannibals...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." There exists no evidence of Clement's Inn having been a 'court of law previously to 14S6; unless, indeed,... | |
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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... 
