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" I told you so," Ulter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. "
Regimental Coventry; as it is at present acted upon in the British army - Page 525
by James Connell (army surgeon.) - 1837
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Recreations of a recluse [signed F.J.].

F. J - 1870 - 346 pages
...? Consoling us with—" Would you had thought twice! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice!" ***** Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last. Mrs. Beecher Stowe in the same breath with Byron is well-nigh enough to take that breath away; but...
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Recreations of a Recluse, Volume 2

Francis Jacox - 1870 - 346 pages
...? Consoling us with—" Would you had thought twice! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice!" ***** Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those PEOPHETS OF THE PAST. Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Volume 8

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 384 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would f.Jl at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " lonos mora," With a long memorandum of old stories....
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Volume 8, Part 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 380 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would f..ll at last, Aud solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories....
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Don Juan. Complete ed., with notes

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1875 - 444 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...blast, Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so," Utter d by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they...
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The Splendid Advantages of Being a Woman

Charles James Dunphie - 1876 - 390 pages
...its malignity — that comprised in the reproachful and triumphant exclamation, "I told you sol" " Of all the horrid hideous notes of woe, Sadder than,...blast, Is that portentous phrase, ' I told you so,' Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they...
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An Empire of Information: Uniting Four Regions of Thought ...

John McGovern - 1880 - 762 pages
...Napoleon hated Admiral Villeneuve after Trafalgar, and with exactly the same bad quality of justice: 50. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, fs that portentous phrase " I told you so!" Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, ed. with a critical mem. by W. M. Rossetti

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...or hear not; 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. L. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight hlast. Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst bonos mores,...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, ed. with a critical mem. by W. M. Rossetti

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight Mast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter d by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead...you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fallal last, A;id solace your slight lapse 'gainst t-onos mores, With a long memorandum of old stories....
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...delight, Good dost thou ne'er foretel nor bring to pass. «. BRYANT'S Homer's Iliad Bk. I. Line 38. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe. Sadder than...blast; Is that portentous phrase " I told you so." r. BYRON — Doit Juan. Canto XIV. St. 50. Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow...
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