| 1847 - 380 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." ADDISON. " It is the great art and secret of Christianity, if I may ute the phrase, to manage our actions... | |
| Louis F. Klipstein - 1848 - 258 páginas
...you will find it the sweeter. But t/ien, lastly, 'tis a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. ROBEP.TSON. This great emperor, in the plenitude of his power, and in possession of all the honors... | |
| 1849 - 820 páginas
...Crabbe. They are of the humblest kind ; yet often significant, for instance, " 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." Satire has its office in literature... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1849 - 278 páginas
...Crabbe. They are of the humblest kind ; yet often significant, for- instance, " 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." Satire has its office in literature... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 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...; but then lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you ciioose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pav you with nothing but a worm. In consequence of... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 páginas
...best. 'Tis a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go, you'll find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But lastly, 'tis a nut, which unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing... | |
| John Timbs - 1856 - 378 páginas
...best. 'Tis a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go, you'll find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But lastly, 'tis a nut, which unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1857 - 432 páginas
...experiments, and modern comedies. 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... | |
| 1872 - 246 páginas
...is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a. Tien, 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. EPITAPH ON JUDGE BOAT. Here lies... | |
| Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 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." He attacks indiscriminately the... | |
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