Man, being reasonable, must get drunk ; The best of life is but intoxication : Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation ; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful... The works of ... lord Byron - Page 212by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821Full view - About this book
| John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...clamorous smack, That, at the parting, all the church did echo. DEUNKSNNESS AND ITS ENJOYMENTS. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk ; The best of life is but intoxication : Glory, the grape, Uve, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation ; Without their sap, how branchless... | |
| 1826 - 488 pages
...the benefit of all whom it may concern, the Hock and Soda Water Recipe: Man, being reasonable, mast get drunk ; The best of life is but intoxication:...You wake with head-ache, you shall see what then. Ring for your valet, — bid him quickly bring Some Hock and Soda-water, then you'll know A pleasure... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. Man, being: reasonable, mnit get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication : Glory, the grape, love, gold. in these arc sunk The hopt-s of all men, and of every nation; Without their sap, how branchless were But to... | |
| 1826 - 722 pages
...they are, which endure till after midnight. VULGARISMS ON GIN-PUNCH, BY A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHER. " Man being reasonable must get drunk ; The best of life is but Intoxication." Luno Bvaojr. PROEM : OB PROLEGOMENA.— The POST confesses himself somewhat refreshed, and consequently... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1826 - 680 pages
...they are, which endure till after midnight. VULGARISMS ON GIN-PUNCH, BY A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHER. " Man being reasonable must get drunk; The best of life Is but intoxication." LOUD BYROX. PROEM : OR PROLEGOMENA. — The Рокт confesses himself somewhat refreshed, and consequently... | |
| George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...the delights of drunkenness. We quote the stanzas only to show the eccentricity of his genins: Men, being reasonable, must get drunk ; The best of life is but intoxication : t Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk • ' The hopes of all men, and of every nation... | |
| 1851
...LIFE OP TILBURY NOGO, ESQ.; OB, THE ADVENTURES OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL MAN. BY FOXGLOVE. CHAP. XIII. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk ; The best of life...is but intoxication. Glory — the grape— love— war : in these are gunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation ; Without their sap, how leafless... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. CLXXIX. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk ; The best of life...wake with head-ache, you shall see what then. CLXXX. Ring for your valet — bid him quickly bring Some hock and soda-water, then you 'll know A pleasure... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after. CLXXIX. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life...return, — Get very drunk ; and when You wake with headach, you shall see what then. CLXXX. Ring for your valet — bid him quickly bring Some hock and... | |
| 752 pages
...must get drank ; The best of life is but intoxication. Glory—the grape—love—war : in these arc sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation ; Without their sap, how leafless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, to fruitful on occasion ! But to return—Uet тегу... | |
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