 | James Beattie - 1809 - 406 páginas
...tended with an egg. But then, lastly, wisdom " is a nut, which, unless you choose with judg" ment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with " nothing but a worm."* Musick in general, especially military musick, is an object of great dignity to the serious poet; he... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1812 - 250 páginas
...it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is...lastly, it is a nut which) unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. In consequence of these momentous... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 356 páginas
...it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is...attended with an egg : but then, lastly, it is a nut w hich, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 446 páginas
...is a sack-posset, Avherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is...worm. In consequence of these momentous truths, the gruba^an sages have always chosen to convey their precepts and their arts, shut up within the vehicles... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 442 páginas
...it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is...worm. In consequence of these momentous truths, the grubasan sages have always chosen to convey their precepts and their arts, shut up within the vehicles... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 580 páginas
...you will find it the sweeter. But then, lastly, 'tis a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. ROBERTSON. This great emperor, in the plenitude of his power, and in possession of all the honors which... | |
 | 1823 - 536 páginas
...go, you will find it the sweeter . — liut then, 'tis a nut, which unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, — and pay you with nothing but a worm. — SWIFT. Where is the man who possesses sufficient courage to resist the charms of beauty ; or turn... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1823 - 1256 páginas
...you will find it the sweeter. But then, lastly, 'tis a nut, tvhich, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a toorm. ROBERTSON. This great emperor, in the plenitude of his power, and in possession of all the honors... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 458 páginas
...it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is...lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. In consequence of these momentous... | |
 | 1827 - 674 páginas
...wherein the deeper you go you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must va'" lue and consider, because it is attended with an egg ;...lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm." I now quote from the writings... | |
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... the maggots are the best. It is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But then, lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you... 
