To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce Lie still, without a fee; when every word Your worship but lets fall, is a cecchine! The Letters of Junius ...: With Notes and Illustrations, Historical ... - Page 123by Junius, Robert Heron - 1804Full view - About this book
| Junius - Great Britain - 1797 - 398 pages
...many drunken porters. This is the very lawyer whom Ben Jonson describes in the following lines : ' Gives forked counsel; takes provoking gold, ' On either...would not wag, nor scarce ' Lie still without a fee.' 322 1 The man who resists and overcomes this iniquitous power assumed by the lords, must be supported... | |
| Junius - Great Britain - 1797 - 398 pages
...counsel ; takes provoking gold, ' On cither hand, and puts it up. ' So wise, so grave, of so perplex 'da tongue, ' And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce • Lie still without a fee.' ' The man who resists and overcomes this iniquitous power assumed by the lords, must be supported by... | |
| Junius - Great Britain - 1804 - 316 pages
...many iirunken porters. This is the very lawyer whom Ben Jonsoo describes in the following lines ; ' Gives forked counsel ; takes provoking gold ' On either hand, and puts it up. ' So wise, so srave, of so perplex'da tongue, ' And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce ' Lio still, 'without... | |
| Junius - Great Britain - 1807 - 336 pages
...so many drunken porters. This is the very lawyer whom Ben Johnson describes in the following lines : Giv'es forked counsel ; takes provoking gold, On either...would not wag, nor scarce Lie still without a fee." y The man who resists and overcomes this iniquitous power assumed by the Lords, must be supported by... | |
| Junius - Great Britain - 1809 - 364 pages
...This is the very lawyer v.hom Ben Johnson describes in the following lines : " Gives forked counsej ; takes provoking gold " On either hand, and puts it up. " So wise, so prave, of so perplex'da tongue, And bud withal, that would not vrnir, nor scara V ire still without... | |
| Junius - Great Britain - 1810 - 302 pages
...Jonson describes in the following lines. " Gives forked counsel ; takes provoking gold " On cither hand, and puts it up. " So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da...that would not wag, nor scarce " Lie still, without a/ee." that duty which the constitution expected from them, in return for the dignity and independence... | |
| Junius - Fore-edge painting - 1810 - 454 pages
...many drunken porters. This is the very lawyer, whom Ben Jonson describes in the following lines: — " Gives forked counsel; takes provoking gold, On either...it up. So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, A nd loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce Lie still, without a fee," tion was determined. By... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...humility. And (for his part) he thought h,e should be blest To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud...would not wag, nor scarce Lie still, without a fee ; when every word Your worship but lets fall, is a cecchine ! [Another knocks. Who's that > one knocks,... | |
| Junius, John Mason Good - English letters - 1812 - 548 pages
...many drunken porters. This is the very lawyer, whom Ben Jonson describes in the following lines : " Gives forked counsel ; takes provoking gold, On either...tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce exerting it at this period, was \irged to them with every argument, that could be supposed to influence... | |
| Junius - Great Britain - 1813 - 530 pages
...wtami Ben Jbriso$St!teribe's''in the following lines: " Gives forked counsel; takes p^voking gold, Oil either hand, and puts it up. So wise, so grave, of...would not wag, nor scarce Lie still without a fee" ing the people, and established another doctrine as false in itself, and if possible more pernicious... | |
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