 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...God knows where. 1967 Don yuan A lady of a 'certain age', which means Certainly aged. 1968 Don Juan whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a brea Is that portentous phrase, 'I told you so.' 1969 Don Juan 'T15 strange - but true; for truth is always... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...- God knows where. 778 Don Juan A lady of a 'certain age', which means Certainly aged. 779 Don Juan Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, 'I told you so.' 780 Don Juan Let us have Wine and Women, Mirth and Laughter... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
.../ We promise, hope, believe - there breathes despair. Lord Byron, 1814, The Corsair, Sect. 15 46:11 Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, / Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast / Is that portentous phrase, 'I told you so'. Lord Byron, 1819-24, Donjuan, Canto 14, stanza 50 46:12... | |
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stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. 
