 He should, or he should not; — for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting-gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti,...  Travels in Trinidad During the Months of February, March, and April, 1803 ... - Page 17by Pierre Franc M'Callum - 1805 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...wounds, .{heav'n save the mark 1) And telling me the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parraa-citty tor an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it...be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, \Vhich many a good tall fellow had destroy'd " So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns, He would... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 154 pages
...smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman, Of guns, and drums, and wounds, — (heaven save the mark !) — And telling me, the sovereign'st...harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy 'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was spermaceti, for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity,...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of h^, my lord,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'stthing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity,...the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall7 fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...and smell so sweet , And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman , Of guns, and drums, and wounds; (Cod save the mark) And telling me the sovereign'st thing...inward bruise; And that it was great pity , so it was , This villainous salt-petre should be dieg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity,...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity,...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald unjointed chat of his, my lord,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti,5 for an inward bruise;7 And that it was great pity, so it was, That villainous...good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns,s From the following passage in The Northern Lass, 1632, it should seem, however,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was spermaceti, for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity,...harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroyed So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. This bald... | |
 | John O'Keeffe - 1806 - 96 pages
...in his ears, he's a tyger in his fierce resentment," — But for me, " I think it a pity, so it is, that villainous saltpetre should be digg'd out of...the harmless earth, which many a good tall fellow has destroyed, with wounds and guns, and drums, Hcav'n save the mark !" Lady Am. Indeed tliou art tall,... | |
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