 | Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...the paper. ON THE DEATH OF DR. TOSHACK OF PERTH. • A GREAT HUMOURIST. Where be those gibes, those flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? — Hamlet, Act V. THE Doctor dead! let old St. Johnston mourn; Let laughter's sons to sorrow's vot'ries... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...posterity with distinguish* ed reputation. " Alas, poor Yorick ! -Where be your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now ! Alas» poor Yorick !" Memoirs of the Life of Mr. Voltaire». SOME fix the birth of... | |
 | 1805 - 456 pages
...have taken the liberty to bury him, his spirit yet remains amongst us. His gibes, his gambols, and his flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar, still exist, and here they are, in the shape of four duodecimo volumes. From this bundle of pleasantry,... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...it had been bis lot to be exposed. And to all this he added a vein of delicate and peculiar humour, and " flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table in a roar." An intimate friendship between Mr Arbuthnot and the author of these Memoirs had commenced at an earlier... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pages
...(father of the present lord,) with whom he lived in this he added a vein of delicate and peculiar humour, and " flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar." An intimate friendship between Mr Arbuthnot and the author of these memoirs had commenced at an earlier... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pages
...of the present lord,) with whom he lived iii this he added a vein of delicate and peculiar humour, and " flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar." An intimate friendship between Mr Arbuthnot and the author of these memoirs had commenced at an earlier... | |
 | 1809 - 536 pages
...so inimitably drawn by bur rre.it hard: " a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy, 5 bos, gambols, and flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar." Admired as he was, however, for his iv it and talents, he was equally respected for his generosity... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...lips, that I have kiss'd I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now ; your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar? not one now to mock your own grinning ? quite chap-fallen ? now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...lips that / have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols ? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? not one now to mock your own grinning ? quite chap-fallen ! now get you to my Lady's chamber, and... | |
 | Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 350 pages
...lips that / have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols ? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? not one now to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen ! now get you to my Lady's chamber, and... | |
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Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? 
