 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 էջ
...there'i craft in the river, and craft in the street.' "SirG. Д.— ' Why should Honesty fly to seme safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em...just at the top of the street, And the barges are jutt at the bottom.' " He had a proper, unaffected, philosophical respect for rank, but he had formed... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 էջ
...fly to some safer retreat, For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street." " Sir GR — ' Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From...are just at the top of the street, And the barges are/iuf at the bottom.' " CONTEMPORARY COPYRIGHTS. THE late Mr. Tegg, the publisher in Cheapside, gave... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1849 - 378 էջ
...should Honesty seek any safer retreat, From the lawyers or barges, odd-rot'em ? For the lawyers arc just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom. But Mr. Smith's happiest effort was enclosed in a short note to his friend Count D'Orsay : — 27,... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook, Richard Harris Dalton Barham - 1849 - 376 էջ
...occasioned by the Why should Honesty seek any safer retreat, From the lawyers or barges, odd-rot'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges axejust at the bottom. But Mr. Smith's happiest effort was enclosed in a short note to his friend Count... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 էջ
...fly to some safer retreat, For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street.' Sir G-. E. — * Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From...And the barges are just at the bottom.' " He had a keen relish for life, but he spoke calmly and indifferently about dying — as in the verses on revisiting... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 էջ
...George Rose the following retort. They are said to have been written extempore at a dinner party : — Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges 1 — 'od rot 'em ! For the lawyers aiejust at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the... | |
 | 1850 - 216 էջ
...honesty, fly, to some safer retreat, For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street." Sir GR — "Why should honesty fly to some safer retreat, From...are just at the top of the street, And the barges araju.il at the bottom." THB EICHMOND HOAN. One of the best practical jokes in Theodore Hook's clever... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 էջ
...Honesty, fly to some safer retreat, For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street.' Sir GR — ' Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From...attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers axe just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.' " He had a keen relish for... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 էջ
...fly to some safer retreat, For there's craft in the river, arid craft in the street.' " " SIR GR— ' Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From...the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.' " BISHOP HOUGH. Doctor Hough, bishop of Worcester, who was as remarkable for the evenness of his temper... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 էջ
...Honesty, fly to some safer retreat, For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street.' " Sir GR—' Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From...proper, unaffected, philosophical respect for rank j but he had formed too true and precise an estimate of his own position to be ever otherwise than... | |
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Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, *od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom. 
