 | Thomas Brown - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1701 - 136 pages
...for Life. LXVI. If your Friend is in want, don't carry him to the Tavern, where you treat your Self as well as him, and entail a Thirft and Headach upon him next Morning. To treat apoor Wretch with a Bottle of Burgundy, or fill his Snuff-box,is like giving a pair ofLace-Ruffles... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - Conduct of life - 1731 - 526 pages
...Tavern, where thou treated thy felf as much as him, and entaileft Thirft and Head-ach upon him the next Morning. To treat a poor Wretch with a Bottle...Burgundy, or fill his Snuff-box, is like giving a fine Pair of Laced Ruffles to a Man that wants a Shirt to his Back. If thou meaneft any thing, put... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...don't carry him to the tavern where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him next morning. To treat a poor wretch with...Burgundy, or fill his snuff-box is like giving a pair of lace ruffles to a man that has never a shirt to his back. Put something into his pocket." — • Tom... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...don't carry him to the tavern where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him next morning. To treat a poor wretch with...Burgundy, or fill his snuff-box is like giving a pair of lace ruffles to a man that has never a shirt to his back. Put something into his pocket." — Tom Brown.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...them ! It would look like a flirt, Like sending 'era ruffles when wanting a shirt."—first fdUion. "To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, or fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of lace ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back." —Tom Braum't Laconic*. (Works, iv. 14... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 578 pages
...it belongs to Tom Brown, who in his Laconic* (pointed out to me by Mr. Peter Cunningham) says that "to treat a poor wretch "with a bottle of Burgundy, or fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of lace "ruffles. to a man that has never a shirt on his back. Fut something into his "pocket." . (Worh,.E<l.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 500 pages
...them ! It would look like a flirt, Like sending 'em ruffles when wanting a shirt." — First edition. "To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, or fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of lace ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his lack." — Tom Brown's Latonics. (Works, iv. 14... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - English language - 1857 - 336 pages
...carry him to the tavern, where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him next morning. To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...carry him to the tavern, where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him next morning. To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy and fill his snuff-box, is 1ike giving a pair of laced rumes to a man that has never a shirt on his... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...the tavern, where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him aext morning. To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, or fill his snuff-box, is like givmg a pair of lace ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. Put something into his pocket.... | |
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If your friend is in want, don't carry him to the tavern, where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him next morning. To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, or fill his snuffbox, is like giving a pair of... 
