 My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 5by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 584 pages
...warrant for future wealth, as a means of realizing the dream of his namesake in the " Alchemist : " — " My meat shall all come in in Indian shells — Dishes of agate sot in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, fmd rubies ; The tongnes of carps, dormice,... | |
 | Henry Morley - English literature - 1895 - 496 pages
...information that exalts his hope to certainty — " We will be brave, Puff, now we ha' the medicine. My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, Dishes of agate, set in gold and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies, The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boiled... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - English drama - 1895 - 246 pages
...except for the lyrical graces of 'See especially that portion of the extract cited by Lamb, beginning, " My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold," etc. ' Das Metaphorische in der dichterischen Phantasie, p. 4. Cf. Dryden, Works, V 120: "Imaging is... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1896 - 240 pages
...but translated In some immortal crust, the paste of almonds ! B. Jonson, THE STAPLE OF NEWS, iii, i. My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths and rubies. B. Jonson, THE ALCHEMIST, ii. And now let's go hand in hand,... | |
 | English drama - 1900 - 476 pages
...lose ourselves in; and my baths Like pits to fall into; from whence we will come forth And roll us dry in gossamer and roses. . . . My meat shall all come...shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies, The tongues of carps and dormice, camels' heels, Boiled... | |
 | E. J. Mathew - English literature - 1901 - 556 pages
...be the pure and gravest of divines That I can get for money. My mere fools Eloquent burgesses. . . . My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels Boil'd... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1902 - 1020 pages
...Jonson, in the Alchymist, speaking of the medicinal properties of gems, wrote1: My meat shall come in Indian shells, dishes of agate set in gold, and studded with emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camel's heels boiled... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 346 pages
...warrant for future wealth, as a means of realizing the dream of his namesake in the " Alchemist," — My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, — Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies ; The tongues of carps, dormice, and camel's heels Boiled... | |
 | Ben Jonson - English drama - 1903 - 288 pages
...estrich-tails Apiece, made in a plume to gather wind. We will be brave, Puff, now we have the med'cine. 175 My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice and camels' heels, Boiled... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 342 pages
...warrant for future wealth, as a means of realizing the dream of his namesake in the " Alchemist," — My meat shall all come in in Indian shells,— Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies ; The tongues of carps, dormice, and camel's heels Boiled... | |
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