 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 498 pagina’s
...hour of talk Might cut a banter on the tedious walk, " As I remember," said the sober Mouse, " I've heard much talk of the Wits' Coffee-house." " Thither,"...sipping coffee, sparks and poets tea ; Here, rugged frieze ; there, quality well drest ; These, baffling the Grand Seigneur ; those, the Test ; And here... | |
 | 1855 - 602 pagina’s
...said the sober mouse, I 've heard much talk of the Wits' coffee-house ; Thither, says Brindle, you may go and see Priests sipping coffee — sparks and poets, tea. Here rugged frieze — there quality well dress'd ; These baffling the Grand Seignior — those the test. But,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 478 pagina’s
...since an hour of talk Might cut a banter on the tedious walk, As I remember, said the sober mouse, I've heard much talk of the Wits' Coffee-house; Thither, says Brindle, thou shalt go and see Priests supping coffee, sparks and poets tea; Here rugged frieze, there quality well drest, These baffling... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1892 - 422 pagina’s
...the sober mouse, I've heard much talk of the Wits' coffee-house. Thither, says Brindle, thou shall go, and see Priests sipping coffee, sparks and poets...freeze, there quality well drest, These bafling the grand seigniour ; those the lest. And hear shrew'd guesses made, and reasons given, 1. 1973. That humane... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1892 - 484 pagina’s
...the sober Mouse, I've heard much talk of the Wits' coffee-house. Thither, says Brindle, thou shall go and see Priests sipping coffee, Sparks and Poets tea ; Here rugged frieze, there quality well drest, These baffling the Grand Seigneur, those the Test. And hear shrewd... | |
 | John Dryden - 1885 - 476 pagina’s
...walk, 1 As I remember," said the sober Mouse, 1 I've heard much talk of the Wit's Coffee-house.' 1 Thither,' says Brindle, ' thou shalt go, and see Priests...sipping coffee, sparks and poets tea ; Here, rugged frieze ; there, quality well drest ; These, burning the Grand Seigneur ; those, the Test ; And here... | |
 | Matthew Prior, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1907 - 436 pagina’s
...since an hour of talk Might cut a Banter on the tedious walk ; As I remember said the sober Mouse, I've heard much talk of the Wits Coffee-House. Thither,...guesses made, and reasons given, That humane Laws were never made in Heaven. pag. m. But above all, what shall oblige thy sight, And fill thy Eye-Balls with... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1909 - 392 pagina’s
...but became the rendezvous of wits and scholars, of fashionable beaux, and men about town — " I've heard much talk of the Wits' coffee-house. Thither,...see Priests sipping coffee, Sparks and Poets tea." It has been said that the age of coffee-drinking was the age of wits, that by the use of coffee " the... | |
 | Henry C. Shelley - 1909 - 496 pagina’s
...since an hour of talk Might cut a banter on the tedious walk, As I remember, said the sober mouse, I've heard much talk of the Wits' Coffee-house ; Thither, says Brindle, thou shalt go and see Priests supping coffee, sparks and poets tea ; Here rugged frieze, there quality well drest, These baffling... | |
 | Reginald Jacobs - 1913 - 334 pagina’s
...and Country Mouse," describes the scene as follows : "'As I remember,' said the sober mouse, ' I've heard much talk of the wits' coffee-house.' ' Thither,'...sipping coffee, sparks and poets tea ; Here rugged frieze, there Quality well drest, These baffling the Grand-Seigneur, those the Test ; And here shrewd... | |
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As I remember said the sober Mouse, I've heard much talk of the Wits Coffee-House. Thither, says Brindle, thou shalt go, and see Priests sipping Coffee, Sparks and Poets Tea ; Here rugged Freeze, there Quality well drest, These bafling the Grand-Seigniour... 
