I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " botios mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. The Works of Lord Byron - Page 447by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843Full view - About this book
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pages
...XLIX. But this is not my maxim: had it been, Some heart-aches had been spared me ; yet I care not — I would not be a tortoise in his screen Of stubborn...or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, « 1 told you so, » Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past Who, 'stead of saying what you... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...woe, Sadderthan owl-songsor theinidnightblast, Is lliiil portentous phrase, I told you so," Uttvr'd by friends, those prophets of the past. Who, 'stead...now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall ¡it hist, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst "uonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories.... | |
| 1848 - 700 pages
...bearing in memory the vulgar caution that it is possible to laugh " at the wrong side of the mouth." " Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Are these portentous words — ' I told you so.' " This is true ; nevertheless, on occasion, it is... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...hideons notes of woo. Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentons phrase, "I told yon so," Utter'd by friends , those prophets of the past. Who, 'stead of saying what yon now should do, Own they foresaw that yon wonld fall at last. And solace yonr slight lapse 'gainst... | |
| Yachting - 1854 - 696 pages
...woe, Sadder than owl-songs on tho midnight blast, la that portentous phrase, *I told you so,' Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past, Who 'stead of saying what yen now should do. Own the; foresaw that 700 would fall at last ; And solace your slight lapse 'gainst... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " / told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of...Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solaee your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. Byron's Don... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " / told you io," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who,...Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solaee your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. Byron's Don... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " / told you so," Utter'd by friend.0, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should d Own they foresaw th,st you would fall at last, And solaee your slight lapse 'gainst " banos mon With... | |
| Literature - 1865 - 672 pages
...Consoling us with — " Would yon had thought twice ! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice !" * « * * * Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last. Mrs. Beecher Stowe in the same breath with Byron is well-nigh enough to take that breath away; but... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...happy — need I now ? Byron, Giacur. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd oy friends, those prophets of the past, Who 'stead of saying what yon now should do, Own they foresaw... | |
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