 Puff, now we ha' the med'cine. My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate, set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boiled i' the spirit of Sol, and dissolved...  Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the ... - Page 248edited by - 1916 - 836 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 pages
...innocent for them ; Those will I beg to make me eunuchs of: And they shall fan me with ten ostrich tails A-piece, made in a plume to gather wind. We...of agate, set in gold, and studded With emeralds, saphirs, hyacinth's, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd i' the spirit... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 690 pages
...eunuchs of: And they shall fan me with ten ostrich toils A-piece, made in a plume to gather wind. \Ve will be brave, Puff, now we ha' the med'cine. My meat...of agate, set in gold, and studded With emeralds, saphirs, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd i' the spirit... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1822 - 370 pages
...like pits, To fall into, from whence we will come forth, And roll us dry in gossamour and roses — My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, Dishes...emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carp, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol and dissolved pearl (Apicius' diet 'gainst... | |
 | 1825 - 668 pages
...warrant for future wealth, as л means of realising the dream of his namesake in the Alchemist, — " My meat shall all come in in Indian shells, Dishes...With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths and rubies ; The ¡ungues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels Boil'd ¡' the spirit of Sol, and dissolved in pearl,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 pages
...illustrations indeed of the worthlessness of ill-employed riches:— " We will be brave, Puffe, now we have the med'cine. My meat shall all come in in Indian...tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius' diet, 'gainst the epilepsy : And I will eat these... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 pages
...illustrations indeed of the worthlessness of ill-employed riches : — " We will be brave, Pufle, now we have the med'cine. My meat shall all come in in Indian...and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and ruhies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd... | |
 | 1842 - 528 pages
...but his imaginings were not more outre than what we find gravely recorded. The dramatist says— " My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes...hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, anil camels' heels, Boil'd iu the spirit of sol, and dissolved pearl, Apiciiis' diet against the epilepsy... | |
 | Henry Godwin - 1842 - 1018 pages
...conducting the reader. THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN. CHAPTER IV. My meat shall all come in, in Indian Bhelli, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds,...tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius's diet, 'gainst the epilepsy : And I will eat these... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pages
...with ten estrich tails A-piece, made in a plume to gather wind. We will be brave, Puffe, now we have the med'cine My meat shall all come in, in Indian...tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsy: And I will eat these... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...with ten estrieh tails A-piece, made in a plume to gather wind. We will be brave, Puffe, now we have the med'cine. My meat shall all come in, in Indian...tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsy : And I will eat these... | |
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