 | Jonathan Swift - English literature - 1761 - 468 pages
...day, recount many o£ his frolics, " Ay, my Lord," faid he, " you have had >l many frolics ; but let me recommend one more to " you, take a frolic to be virtuous. I affnre you it will " do you more honour than all the reft." £/. R. ;. 216.] The Dean alfo greatly... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - Authors, English - 1787 - 528 pages
...wonderfully marred this tale in the telling, as he has entirely miffed the point, concluding it thus — Take my word for it, that one will do you more honour, than all the other frolicks of your life. To annex the idea of honour to frolicks, is nonfe.ife ; they can only be confidered... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 352 pages
...wonderfully marred this tale in the telling, as he has entirely missed the point, concluding it thus — " Take my word for it, that one will do you more honour than all the other frolics of your life." To annex the idea of honour to frolics, ia BOfte ; they can be only considered as pleasant.... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...extravagancies he had run through. Swift kindly observed to him, " You have had your frolics, my lord, let me recommend one more to you ; take a frolic to be...honour, than all the other frolics of your whole life." LENGLET DU FRESNOY. The talents and services of the French writer Nicholas Lenglet du Fresnoy, acquired... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...extravagances he had run through. Swift kindly observed to him, " You hare had your frolics, my lord, let me recommend one more to you ; take a frolic to be...do you more honour, than all the other frolics of you whole life." LENGLET DU FRESNO Y. The talents and services of the French writer, Nicholas Lenglet... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...extravagances he had run through. Swift kind-ly observed to him, •' You have had your frolics, my lord, let me recommend one more to you ; take a frolic to be virtuous; take my word for it, that ont will do you more honor, than all the other frolics of your whole life." PETER BIG BROGUES. A young... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1839 - 674 pages
...extravagances he had run through. Swift kindly observed to him, " You have had your frolice, my lord, let me recommend one more to you ; take a frolic to be...virtuous ; take my word for it, that one will do you more honor, than all the other frolics of your whole life." , PETER BIG BROGUES. A young Irishman of the... | |
 | William Russell - Biography - 1864 - 328 pages
...dignified countenance admirably, " You have had some capital frolics, my lord, and let me recommend one to you. Take a frolic to be virtuous : take my word...you more honour than all the other frolics of your life." His infant son, the Marquis of Malmesbury, died about this time of small-pox. To him it was... | |
 | William Russell - 1866 - 468 pages
...dignified countenance admirably, " You have had some capital frolies, my lord, and let me recommend one to you. Take a frolic to be virtuous : take my word...that one will do you more honour than all the other frolies of your life." Ilis infant son, the Marquis of Malmesbury, died about this time of small-pox.... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1872 - 604 pages
...extravagances he had run through. Swift kindly observed to him, "You have had your frolics, my lord; let me recommend one more to you. Take a frolic to be...honour than all the other frolics of your whole life." 657. Worthy Life.— The celebrated writer of the " Letters from the Dead to the Living" is said to... | |
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You have had some capital frolics, my Lord," Dean Swift is reported to have said to the bragging youth, "and let me recommend one to you. Take a frolic to be virtuous : take my word for it, that one will do you more honour than all the other 
