 Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating; I had thoughts, in my chambers, to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu; As in some Irish houses, where things are...  Glimpses of Irish Industries - Page 10by John Bowles Daly - 1889 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a pieue of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold— let me pause— don't I hear you pronounce, This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 560 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtQ ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in.f But hold — let me pause — don't I hear you pronounce This tale of the bacon a damnable bounce... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 pages
...had thoughts in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtti ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so so, One...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause — don't I hear you pronounce This tale of the bacon a damnable bounce ?... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 200 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where thmgs are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause. Don't I hear you pronounce This tale of the bacon a damnable bounce ? "Well,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 618 pages
...vicw. To be shown to my fricnds as a picce of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fricd in. But hold — let me pause — Don't I hear you pronounee This tale of the bacon's a bounee... | |
 | Samuel Reynolds Hole - 1859 - 256 pages
...Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry." t In their pleasant volume, " The West and Connamara." "As for eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fryed in " * but he represents the generous friend and benefactor, who is about to render an important... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 pages
...had thoughts, in my chamber to place it in view To be shewn to my friends as a piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so so, One...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause — don't I hear you pronounce, This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce... | |
 | Benjamin Lambert - 1861 - 62 pages
...had thoughts in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu, As in some Irish houses, where things are so, so, One gammon of bacon hangs up fur a show : But for eating a rasher in what you take pride in, They 'd as toon think of eating the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold,—let me pause,—don't I hear you pronounce, This tale of the bacon a damnable bounce ?... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 422 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu ; As in some Irish nouses where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But for...pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it was fry'd in. What is to be done with such a present ? To go on with my tale ... as I gazed on the... | |
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