 | 1818 - 384 pages
...following exact anagram upon her name, " Dame Eleanor Davies, never so mad a ladie;" which having been proved to be true, by the rules of art, " Madam," said he, " I see you build much on anagrams: I have found out one which, I hope, will fit you." Having read it alond, he gave it into her hands.... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1822 - 474 pages
...following exact anagram upon her name, " Dame Eleanor Davies," " Never so mad a laflie;" which having been proved to be true by the rules of art, " Madam," said he, " I see you build much on anagrams; I have found out one which I hope will fit you." Having read ANKCHOTKS, Ac. rllSTOIUCAL, JLITKIIARY,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 334 pages
...shot her thorough and thorough with an arrow borrowed from her own quiver : he took a pen, and at last hit upon this excellent anagram : DAME ELEANOR DAVIES. NEVER so MAD A LADIE ! The happy fancy put the solemn court into laughter, and Cassandra into the utmost dejection... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 pages
...Heylin, " shot her through and through with an arrow borrowed from her own quiver." Taking up a pen, he hit upon this excellent anagram: Dame Eleanor Davies: Never so mad a ladie! Addison relates a humourous account of an anagrammatist, who after shutting himself up for half... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 338 pages
...shot her thorough and thorough with an arrow borrowed frpm her own quiver: he took a pen, and at last hit upon this excellent anagram: DAME ELEANOR DAVIES. NEVER so MAD A LAD IE ! The happy fancy put the solemn court into laughter, and Cassandra into the utmost dejection... | |
 | Law - 1825 - 320 pages
...hand, and at last hit upon this excellent anagram, viz. DAME ELEANOR DAVIES : NEVER so MAD A LADIE : which having proved to be true by the rules of art,...I see you build much on anagrams, and I have found one which I hope will fit you.' This said, and reading it aloud, he put it into her hands in writing,... | |
 | Jacobus Arminius, James Nichols - Reformed Church - 1825 - 828 pages
...hand, and at last hit upon this excellent Anagram, viz. DAME ELEANOR DAVIES, 'NEVER so MAD A LADIE:' Which having proved to be true by the rules of art, ' Madam,' said be, • I see you build much on Anagrams, and I have found out one which I hope will fit you :' This... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...at last, hit upon this excellent anagram, viz. — Dame Eleanor Davies, — Never so mad a ladle ; which having proved to be true by the rules of art,...I see you build much on anagrams, and I have found one which I hope will fit you." This said, and reading it aloud, he put it into her hands in writing;... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...and, at last, hit upon this excellent anagram, viz. — Dame Eleanor Davies,— Never so mad a ladic ; which having proved to be true by the rules of art,...I see you build much on anagrams, and I have found one which I hope will fit you." This said, and reading it aloud, he put it into her hands in writing;... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 882 pages
...were reasoning the point with her out of the Holy Scriptures, he took a pen into his hand, and at last hit upon this excellent anagram; DAME ELEANOR DAVIES;...having proved to be true by the rules of art, " madam," says he, " I see you build much on anagrams, and I have found out one which I hope vd11 fit you. This... | |
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LADY ; which having proved to be true by the rules of art, " madam," says he, " I see you build much on anagrams, and I have found out one which I hope vd11 fit you. This said, and reading it aloud, he put it into her hands in writing ; which •happy... 
