| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - 384 páginas
...the Moor of Clement's Inn : — ' In vain, poor sal>le win of woe, Thou geek'Bt the tender tear ; For thee in vain with pangs they flow, For Mercy dwells...here. From cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers lean quarter five ; The first won't eat you till you're slain The last will do't alive.' THK MOOR OK... | |
| Charles William Heckethorn - 1896 - 268 páginas
...following lines were found affixed to it : ' In vain, poor sable son of woe, 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.' Mr. Timbs, in his ' Curiosities of London,' throws a doubt on the supposed Italian origin... | |
| James Paterson - 1896 - 808 páginas
...haunt of solicitors, consisting of a negro supporting a suu-diul, the following motto was written :— In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee, alas ! it still must (low, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fled'st in vain,... | |
| James Paterson - 1899 - 808 páginas
...: — In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seck'st the tender tear ; For thee, alas ! it still must flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou...eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive. The property of the Inn was said to change hands in 1884, and the dial and negro group was bought by... | |
| Mrs. Alfred Gatty - 1900 - 576 páginas
...is of bronze, and was at one time painted black, when a wag stuck on to it the following lines : " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...Lawyers less quarter give : The first won't eat you till you 're slain The last will do 't alive." At the sale of the property of Clement's Inn in 1884, the... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 412 páginas
...gardens,1 a clever squib upon its pwners was once found attached to the Moor of Clement's Inn : — ' 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... | |
| Hugh Hale Leigh Bellot - 1902 - 558 páginas
...Piccadilly a century and a half ago. The following lines were one day found attached to this statue :— " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." Here and in the Middle Temple Garden in the eighteenth century the Court ladies, in hoops and patches,... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1902 - 500 páginas
...statue some unknown hand is said to have affixed a paper, containing the following satirical verses : " 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... | |
| Richard Davey - 1906 - 538 páginas
...by Holes, Earl of Clare. The following sarcastic epigram was once found attached to this figure — "In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." The Inner Temple was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666, which stopped suddenly within a few yards... | |
| Richard Davey - 1906 - 544 páginas
...sarcastic epigram was once found attached to this figure — "In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seck'st the tender tear ; From thee in vain with pangs they...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." The Inner Temple was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666, which stopped suddenly within a few yards... | |
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