 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - Страниц: 784
...iii. Canto iii. Line 43y Is not the winding up witnesses, And nicking, more than half the bus'nessV For witnesses, like watches, go Just as they're set,...too fast, or slow ; And where in conscience they're straight-lac'd, 'Tis ten to one that side is cast. 2623 . Butler : Hudibras. Pt. ii. Canto ii. Line... | |
 | Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - Страниц: 540
...balls in a Chinese carving. — DICKENS. Witless. Witless as a jackdaw. — THOMAS SHAD WELL. Witness. Witnesses, like watches, go Just as they're set, too fast or slow. — SAMUEL BUTLER. SeeofooWit.) Witty. Witty as a Frenchman. — ANON. Witty as a roll of ten dollar... | |
 | Arthur Train - 1921 - Страниц: 224
...his alleged slayer. IV "Is not the winding up of witnesses, And nicking, more than half the business? For witnesses, like watches, go Just as they're set,...too fast or slow ; And where in conscience, they're strait-Iac'd, 'Tis ten to one that side is cast. Butler. Hudibras Pt. II. Canto I, 1.51 JUST as the... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - Страниц: 1422
...in cheating fools. BUTLER— Hudibras. Pt. II. Canto IL 515. 23 Is not the winding up witnesses, And r To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon strait-lac'd, 'Tis ten to one that side is cast. BUTLER— Hudibras. Pt. II. Canto II. L. 359. 24 The... | |
 | 1926 - Страниц: 762
...the sentiment of the last two lines and that of two lines from the same work previously quoted:— " For witnesses, like watches, go Just as they're set, too fast or slow." I : urthermore, Shakespeare, in Othello, Act 1, Sc. 1, uses the word " nonsuit," which is the technical... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1684 - Страниц: 352
...freedom of a Nation, The Laws o' th' Land that were intended To keep it out, are made defend it. Do's not in Chanc'ry ev'ry man swear, What makes best for...him in his Answer? Is not the winding up Witnesses, And nicking more than half the bus'ness ? For Witnesses, like Watches, go Just as they're set, too... | |
 | Louisiana State Bar Association - 1909 - Страниц: 228
...BLACKMAN A GOODLY CITY 1s THIS ALEXANDRIA. — Coriolanus-Paraphrascd. THE WITNESS MR. WJ CARMOUCHE WITNESSES, LIKE WATCHES, GO JUST AS THEY'RE SET, TOO FAST OR SLOW. — Butler. THE OVERRULED DECISION MR. WALTER S. LEWIS A CHANGE CAME O'ER THE SPIRIT OF MY DREAM. THE... | |
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The laws o' th' land, that were intended 355 To keep it out, are made defend it. Does not in Chanc'ry ev'ry man swear What makes best for him in his answer? Is not the winding up witnesses And nicking more than half the bus'ness... 
