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
| François Laroque, Franck Lessay - 2003 - 292 pages
...within the poetic phantasmagoria between "sanctuary" in "To Penshurst" and The Alchemist become evident. Dishes of agate, set in gold, and studded, With emeralds,...The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boiled i' the spirit of Sol, and dissolved pearl ( Apicius' diet, 'gainst the epilepsy) And I will... | |
| 1867 - 784 pages
...wrench of the mind, and, it is to be feared, another inlet of the liquid, and we have this : — " My meat shall all come in in Indian shells. Dishes...With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies." Glue that on, and now for another tug : — "My shirts I 'II have of tafleta-sarsnet, soft and light... | |
| 1842 - 528 pages
...what we find gravely recorded. The dramatist says — " My meat shall all come in, in Indian shell*, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds,...The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, lioil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolved pearl, Apiciuä' diet against the epilepsy ; And I will... | |
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