| England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...they on earth were ion !) the rhyme in the next line cramm'd, •- - Some sipping punch, some drinking tea; But, as you by their faces see, All silent, and all — damn'd " ' I asked my Wordsworthian friend if he really and truly could admire this passage! "Admire... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1819 - 860 pages
...appeared to glimmer, And the rocks staggered all about. At the braying of an ass — truly, the nioon has too much to do in this business. Peter, in revenge,...were crammed — Some sipping punch, some sipping ten, But as you by their faces see, All silent and nil damned ! We suspect the conclusion is a pun... | |
| England - 1819 - 792 pages
...miles from all hU brethren ? Is it a party in a parlour ? Cramm'd just as they on earth were cramm'd— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces see, All silent and all damn'd 1 A throbbing pulse the Gazer hath — Puzzled he was, and now is daunted ; He looks, he cannot... | |
| England - 1819 - 792 pages
...from all his brethren ? Is it a party in a parlour ? Cramm'd just as they oh earth wore cramm'd— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces все, All silent and all damn'd ! A throbbing pulse the Gazer hath — Puzzled he was, and now is... | |
| Anecdotes - 1820 - 442 pages
...from all his brethren ? Is it a party in a parlour? Cramm'd just as they on earth were cramm'd — Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces see, All silent and all damn'd ! No ; it is none of these. The fearful sight turns out to be no other than a drowned man, the... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1904 - 738 pages
...Wordsworth after 1819 : " Is it a party in a parlour ? Cramm'd just as they on earth were cramm'd— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces see, All silent and all damn'd! " This curious image was suggested to Wordsworth by Mrs. Basil Montagu, who related to him... | |
| John Galt - Rochester (N.Y.) - 1830 - 340 pages
...a party in a parlour, Cramm'd, just as they on earth are cramm'd, Some sipping punch, some drinking tea ; But as you by their faces see, All silent, and all— damn'd ?" IT is not necessary to inform the patient reader, who has proceeded so far with me, that... | |
| 1846 - 512 pages
...24 Finch ley, and many other chases for this month, not yet fixed. OUR PLEASURE NAVY. BY CRAVEN. " A party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth...punch, some sipping tea ; But, as you by their faces lee, All silent— and all damn'd 1" PETER BELL. Give a dog a bad name, and the sooner you hang him... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 408 pages
...had fallen on you : Ye are many — they are few ! " PETER BELL THE THIRD. MICHlNG MALLECHO, ESQ. la it a party in a parlour. Crammed just as they on earth...sipping punch— some sipping tea ; But, as you by their faees see, All silent, and all damned ! Peter Bell, ty W. WORDSWORTH. OPHKLIA. — What means this,... | |
| John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 pages
...Meatiugs for thU mouth not yet fixed. i. Whltchaven, Andorersford. L OUR PLEASURE NAVY. BY CRAVEN, " A party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth...punch, some sipping tea ; But, as you by their faces sec, All silent— and all damu'd 1" PETER DELL. Give a dog a bad name, and the sooner you hang him... | |
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