| J. Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 508 páginas
...following satirical verses : — " ln 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. " From cannibals thoa fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last... | |
| Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 páginas
...Thcodore Hooh. •VEBSES STUCK ON THE STATUE OP A MOOR SUPPORTING A SUN-DIAL, IN ONE OF THE INNS OP COURT. IN vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you ere you're slain, The last will do't alive. TO CERTAIN FASHIONABLES. You who, on coach-box mounted,... | |
| British Archaeological Association - 1873 - 514 páginas
...colour"; and some wag, availing himself of this transformation, stuck on it the following jeu d 'esprit: " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...give : The first won't eat you till you're slain, The old pillar-dial in Kensington Gardens, near the Palace, \vas ouce of great renown ; but of all London... | |
| British Archaeological Association - 1873 - 540 páginas
...himself of this transformation, stuck on it the following jeu d esprit: " In vain, poor sable son of woo, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; From thee in vain with...give : The first won't eat you till you're slain, The old pillar-dial in Kensington Gardens, near the Palace, was ouce of great renown ; but of all London... | |
| Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 páginas
...tender ear; In vain thy tears with anguish flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou 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, \Vliil-t it condemns a leas delinquent for "t. Fergusson, the... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 páginas
...gardens,* a clever 44 squib upon its owners was once found attached to the Moor of Clement's Inn : — " From cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." A further archway leads into the poor and crowded district of Clare Market, named, as is told by a... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 528 páginas
...Arley in Cheshire. squib upon its owners was once found attached to the Moor of Clement's Inn : — " From cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." A further archway leads into the poor and crowded district of Clare Market, named, as is told by a... | |
| Herman Diederik J. van Schevichaven - 1882 - 352 páginas
...by whom it was presented to the Inn. On this object the following biting epigram was made :— ' ' 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. From cannibals thou fled'st in... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 páginas
...Inner Temple Gardens. An often quoted epigram was said to have been found stuck upon this figure : — In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...first won't eat you till you're slain, The last will do 't alive. Clement's Inn has shared in the recent changes which have been made in its vicinity. In... | |
| William John Loftie - 1893 - 160 páginas
...moralised over him no one can now say. Perhaps the time-honoured epigram would have sufficed to him : — ' In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive.' There were several of these leaden statues at one time in London, and that they were capable of being... | |
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