 | 1873 - 640 páginas
...treated his readers with a little rhyme, lightening his columns with the Five Reasons for Drinking : If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons...wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by-and-bye, Or any other reason why. And the One Reason for not Drinking : There's but one reason I... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the hooks you need. Ibid. HENRY ALDRICH. 1647-1710. If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.1 Biog. Britanmca. Vol. \. p. 131.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need. Kid. HENRY ALDRICH. 1647-1710. If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.1 Biog. Britanmca. Vol. \. p. 131.... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 páginas
...amusing lines were written by Aldrich (circ. 1690), author of " Hark ! the Bonny Christ Church Bells."] IF on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons...; a friend ; because I'm dry ; Or lest I should be by-and-by j Or any other reason why. WOMAN'S WILL. THE man's a fool who thinks by force of skill To... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 páginas
...SIIAKESPERE, Romeo and Juliet. Drink. — I DRINK no more than a sponge. — ItuJELAia — If on thy theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why...men DRINK : Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or least I shonld be by-and-by, Or any other reasons why. — H. ALDRICH, Biog. Brit. — DRINK to me... | |
 | R. H. Andrews - 1916 - 454 páginas
...interesting to note that the five reasons hold good, after a lapse of more than 200 years. "If on the theme I rightly think There are five reasons why men...wine, a friend, because I'm dry; Or lest I should be by-and-b\e; Or any other reason why." Spirits above and Spirits below, Spirits of Love, and Spirits... | |
 | 1880 - 96 páginas
...ANON. (; What two ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia V" — SYDNEY SMITH. " If on thy theme I rightly think. There are five reasons why men drink ; Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest I should be by-and-by, Or any other reason why." ALDBICH. " Petition me no petitions,... | |
 | 1881 - 556 páginas
...received a ticket upon which were the numbers from one to twenty inclusive. When moved by one of the " Reasons why men drink ; Good wine, a friend, because...I should be by and bye, Or any other reason why," the member called upon the treasurer, presented his ticket, had a number punched and received his liquor... | |
 | 1881 - 684 páginas
...received a ticket upon which were the numbers from one to twenty inclusive. When moved by one of the " Reasons why men drink ; Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by-and-by, Or any other reason why," the member called upon the treasurer, presented his ticket, had... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 466 páginas
...he ventures to employ any of these disturbing agents. The present man is at no loss for a motive. " If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink: Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or least I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." Coffee, in excess, produces heat,... | |
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If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink: Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or least I should be by and by, Or any other reason why. 
