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 - 1821 - 460 pages
...the mark !) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti 8, for an inward bruise 9 ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villainous...earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd should seem, however, that a popinjay and a parrot were distinct birds : " Is this a parrot or a popinjay... | |
| Sydney Morgan - 1821 - 430 pages
...corps de Belgioso et de Caprara , était regardé comme une preuve de roture par ceux qui pensaient That it was great pity so it was That villainous salt-petre should be digged Out of the bowels of harmless earth , Winch many a good tall fellow had destroyed So cowardly.... | |
| Decorative arts - 1827 - 472 pages
...popinjay who annoyed Hotspur, That it was a great pity, so it wait, That villanous saltpetre should he digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy 'd So cowardly. And so said Sir Giles when colloquizingwith his nephew, Poyns Dudley. These... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1822 - 404 pages
...and wounds, (heav'n save the mark !) And telling me the sovereign's! thing on earth Was spermaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, , That villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1823 - 418 pages
...sov'reignest thing on earth Was parmacity, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so if was, This villainous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier. First Part, Henry IV. Act I. Sc. 4. Passions... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...earth Was spermaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was a great pity, (so it was) This villanous saltpetre should be digg'd" Out of the bowels of the...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 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,...it was, That villainous salt-petre should be digg'd 3 A pouncet-iox,] A' small box for musk or other perfumes then in fashion: the lid of which, being... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...drums, and wounds, (Heav'n save the mark!) And telling me the sovereign'st thing on Earth Was spermaceti for an inward bruise : And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless Earth, Which many a good tall... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 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, 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 - 1823 - 984 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign 'st thing on earth n as parmaceti, rq - I'hat villanous saltpetre should be digg'd -)ut of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good... | |
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