 bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow.' But it cheers the heart to see one neither great nor highborn stepping forward to prevent that last blanket from being seized ; and, ' in the train of all this...  Selected Essays - 137. oldalszerző: Abraham Hayward - 1878Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | James Hannay - 1855 - 260 oldal
...press to the funeral-array Of him whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow; How bailiffs shall seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to morrow ! And thou too, whose life, a sick epicure's dream, Incoherent and gross, even grosser had... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1855 - 320 oldal
...yet his last public appearance confirms all I say, as no one had a more magnificent funeral. "Yes, bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day. Whose pall shall be held «p by nobles to-morrow." ' ' There can be no doubt,' added Lady Ashcourt, ' that the good-humored... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1859 - 326 oldal
...press to the funeral array Of him whom they ehunn'd in his sickness and sorrow ; How bailiffs shall seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." Of 8uch incongruities it behoves men in power to take heed, for their own sakes. They may not, without... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 556 oldal
...proud can they press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow:— The bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." John Henderson, the actor, 1785—equally great in comedy and tragedy. Mary Eleanor Bowes, 1800, the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1878 - 532 oldal
...proud can they press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow :— The bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." John Henderson, the actor, 1785—equally great in comedy and tragedy. Mary Eleanor Bowes, 1800, the... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 oldal
...they can flock to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow, How bailiff's may seize his last blanket to-day Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-uiorrow.' But it cheers the heart to see one neither great nor highborn stepping forward to prevent... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1879 - 712 oldal
...for a volume ? Or is there any possibility of our forgetting those lines of Moore, how "Bailiffs will seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-raoiTow " ? Schiller, in a pretty fable, represents Jupiter as dividing all the wealth of the world... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1883 - 576 oldal
...proud can they press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow :— The bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow.' John Henderson, the actor, 1785—equally great in comedy and tragedy. Mary Eleanor BffT.Ues, 1800,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1884 - 796 oldal
...can press to the fun'ral array Of one, whom they shunn'd in his sicknet» aud sorrow :— How balifTs may seize his last blanket, to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow ! And Thou, too, whose life, a sick epicure's dream, 'neoherent and gross, even grosser had pass'd,... | |
 | William Haig Miller - 1884 - 136 oldal
...to the funeral array Of him whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow; How bailiffs may seize the last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." Such was the career of the orator. Fame, popularity, and intellectual greatness had all been his ;... | |
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