 | 1883 - 416 pages
...call it ? " Death replies : " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before "Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much the worse," the clown rejoined, " To spare the aged would be kind ; However, see your search be legal, And your authority,... | |
 | William Moffatt (publisher) - 1883 - 182 pages
...Death replies ; " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ! Since I was here before 'Tis six and forty years at least, And you are now fourscore ! " " So much the worse," the clown rejoined ; " To spare the aged would be kind ; « Beside, you promised me three warnings, Which I have... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...six-and-thirty years at least, And yon are now fourscore." " So much the worse," the clown rejoined : " To spare the aged would be kind : However, see your...regal ? Else you are come on a fool's errand. With but a secretary's warrant. Beside, you promised me Three Warnings, Which I have looked for nights and... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 472 pages
...call it ? " Death replies : " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest 1 Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much the worse," the clown rejoined ; " To spare the aged would be kind: However, see your search be legal : And your authority... | |
 | Pali Text Society - 1885 - 116 pages
...d'ye call it ! Death replies. Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now four-score....regal ? Else you are come on a fool's errand, With but a secretary's warrant. Besides, you promised me three warnings, Which I have looked for nights... | |
 | T.W. Rhys Davids - 1885 - 122 pages
...soon, d'ye call it! Death replies. Surely, my friend, you're but in jest; Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now four-score....kind ; However, see your search be legal, And your authority—Is't regal ? Else you are come on a fool's errand, With but a secretary's warrant. Besides,... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...Death replies ; " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ! Since I was here before, Tis six-and-forty years at least, And you are now fourscore ! " " So much the worse," the clown rejoiivd ; " To siiare the aged would be kind ; Besides, you promised me Three Warnings, Which I have... | |
 | Aesop - 1886 - 360 pages
...: J " Surely, my friend, you 're but in jest ; Since I was here before, 'Tis six and forty or fifty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much...However, see your search be legal ; And your authority — Is 't regal ? 256 FABLES. [PART in. Else you are come on a fool's errand, With but a secretary's... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...call it ? " death replies : " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ! Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much the worse," the clown rejoined ; "To spare the aged would be kind : Beside, you promised me three warnings, Which I have... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp - 1887 - 450 pages
...d'ye call it ? " Death replies : " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." "So much the worse," the clown rejoined, " To spare the aged would be kind ; However, see your search be legal, And your authority,... | |
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So soon, d'ye call it !' Death replies. ' Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore. 
