| Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pagina’s
...afternoon, and the murderer or maker-away of a rainy day. — To give you the total reckoning of it; it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's * The title-page of this curious poem is lost, but the passage alluded to, is as follows :— ; " There... | |
| 1823 - 536 pagina’s
...afternoon, and the murderer or maker-away of a rainy day. To give you the total reckoning of it, it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...melancholy man's sanctuary, the stranger's welcome, the Inns of Courts man's entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's county. It is the study... | |
| Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - 1824 - 392 pagina’s
...TAVERNS,^-COFFEE HOUSES. An old writer, who had studied men as well books, describes a tavern as " the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business, the melancholy man's sanctuary, and the stranger's welcome." Although this description, from being general, may be strictly applicable... | |
| John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pagina’s
...weleome, the inns of court man's entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's country. It is the study of sparkling wits, and a cup of canary their hook. SUNSET AND SUNRISE. •• Like the lilv. That once was mistress of the field, and 6onrish d... | |
| 1826 - 374 pagina’s
...afternoon, and the murderer or maker away of a rainy day. To give you the total reckoning of it, it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...melancholy man's sanctuary, the stranger's welcome, the inns of court man's entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's country. It is the study... | |
| William Hone - 1827 - 892 pagina’s
...north, where it is as clear at mid-night as at mid-day. To give you the total reckoning of it ; it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...melancholy man's sanctuary, the stranger's welcome, (he inns-of-court man's entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's courtesy. It is the... | |
| William Hone - 1828 - 514 pagina’s
...north, where it is as clear at mid-night as at mid-day. To give you the total reckoning of it ; it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...of sparkling wits, and a cup of canary their book, whence we leave them. Bishop Earle, in his character of a " Poor Fiddler," describes him as "in league... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 390 pagina’s
...the Jordans like swelling rivers overflow their banks. To give you the total reckoning of it; it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...of sparkling wits, and a cup of canary their book, whence we leave them. — Bishop Earle. MCLXXV. The people's love, with bounty levied, Is a sure guard... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pagina’s
...the Jordans like swelling rivers overflow their banks. To give you the total reckoning of it; it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...of sparkling wits, and a cup of canary their book, whence we leave them. — Bishop Earh. MCLXXV. The people's love, with bounty levied, Is a sure guard... | |
| William Herbert - 1830 - 98 pagina’s
...numerous ;. and says bishop Erie, who wrote at the time, "to give you the total reckoning of it, they 're the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business,...melancholy man's sanctuary, the stranger's welcome, the inns of court men's entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's curtesy." He adds, (as... | |
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