See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth! wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable... The Quarterly Review - Page 470edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
| Charles Lamb - 1867 - 576 pages
...cradle, .how meek, foe lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grqw up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal— wUlowing in all manner of filthy con vtersatSoii— from these sins he is happily snatched away —... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...constantly open with acknowledgments of some recent offering of the kind from a good-natured correspondent. Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care. — From Coleridge's Epitaph on an Infant. It must have been With unusual glee that Lamb here borrowed... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...conversation : from these sins he is happily snatched away ; his memory is odoriferous ; no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejecteth, the rank bacon ;... | |
| Casket - 1874 - 832 pages
...thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturcr swinehood? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton,...snatched away — Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fado, Death сашо with timely carft — his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1874 - 24 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth !—wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...disagreeable animal— wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation—from these sins he is happily snatched away— Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...this innocent grow up to the grossness and indociiity which too often accompany maturer swinehood I Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven,...memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stom ach half rejecteth, the rank bacon — no coal-heaver bolteth him in reeking sausages — he hath... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1876 - 740 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood?...could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely cnre — his memory is odoriferous — no clown curseth, while his stomich half rejecteth, the rank... | |
| George Melville Baker - 1876 - 122 pages
...second cradle: how meek he lieth ! Wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood?...conversation. From these sins he is happily snatched away. His memory is odoriferous. No clown curseth while his stomach half rejecteth the rank bacon. No coal-heaver... | |
| 1876 - 216 pages
...this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swlnehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven,...all manner of filthy conversation. From these sins lie is happily snatched away. His memory is odoriferous. No clown curseth while his stomach half rejecteth... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1877 - 104 pages
...second cradle, how meek he lieth ! Wouldst them have had thia innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood...odoriferous : no clown curseth, while his stomach half rejeeteth, the rank bacon ; no coal-heaver bolteth him in reeking sausages ; he hath a fair sepulchre... | |
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