 He should, or he should not; — for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti,...  Travels in Trinidad During the Months of February, March, and April, 1803 ... - Page 17by Pierre Franc M'Callum - 1805 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark !) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity,...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. ^ (3) Pouncct-tox— A imall box for musk... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (heav'n save the mark!) And telling me the sovereign'st thing...bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 544 pages
...And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth " Was parmaceti, for .an inward bruise ; And that jt was great pity, so it was, That villainous salt-petre .should be digg'd ; Out of the bowels of'^the harmless' earth, » Which many a good tall fellow had de.stroy'd n- ~ -. So cowardly ; and,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pages
...and wounds, (God save th* mark •) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tallJ... | |
 | 1811 - 450 pages
...fierce resentment.' But for me, ' I think 'ta pity, so it is, that villainous saltpetre should be digged out of the bowels of the harmless earth, which many a good tall fellow has destroyed, with wounds, and guns, and drums, heaven save the mark !' /.'.'•:'.•/ Am. Indeed,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1811 - 506 pages
...sovereign'st thing OB r.-mh Is parioaceti for an inward bruise, And that it is great pity, so it is, That villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless eurth. Which many a good tall feltow h:id destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile jiuus, He... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark !) And telling me, the sovereign's! thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity,...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. (3) Pwncet-boz—A small box for musk or... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...wounds, (heaven save the mark '.) And telling me, the sovereign's! thing on earth Was spermaceti fer an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, (so it was) This villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds ; (God save the mark !} And telling me, the sov'reignest thing on earth Was parmacity, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...drums, and wounds (God save the mark !) And tcllin" me the sovereign's! thing on earth Was parmaoity, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That \ illajious saltpetre should be digg'd Out of '.he bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good... | |
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