 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...portion soon spent — like the poor heir of Lynn— He turned author ere yet there was beard on his ckm, And, whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your...doctor, from claret to gin), Which led swiftly to jail, and consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...your fin,' But to save from starvation stirred never a pin. Light for long was his heart, thoughhis breeches were thin, Else his acting for certain, was...Doctor from claret to gin), Which led swiftly to gaol, and consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave to die... | |
 | William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1857 - 514 pages
...long was his heart, though his breeches were thin, Else his acting, for certain, was equal to Quinn; But at last he was beat, and sought help of the bin...Doctor, from claret to gin), Which led swiftly to jail, with consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1865 - 616 pages
...to set himself up as to tin: So, his portion soon spent, — like the poor heir of Lynn, He turned author, ere yet there was beard on his chin; And,...Doctor, from claret to gin); Which led swiftly to jail, and consumption therein. It was much, when the hones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1860 - 568 pages
...your fin,' But to save from starvation stirred never a pin. Light for long was his heart, though bis breeches were thin. Else his acting, for certain,...swiftly to gaol, with consumption therein. It was much, where the bones rattled loose in th« skin, He got leave to die here, out of Babylon's din. Barring... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1860 - 582 pages
...though his breeches were thin. Else his acting, for certain, was equal to Quin. But at last he WHS beat, and sought help of the bin, (All the same to...swiftly to gaol, with consumption therein. It was much, where the bones rattled loose ia th« skin, He got leave to die here, out of Babylon's din. Barring... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 390 pages
...author ere yet there was beard on his chin, And, whoever was out, or whoever was in, For your tones his fine Irish brains he would spin ; Who received...doctor, from claret to gin), Which led swiftly to jail, and consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 374 pages
...tories his fine Irish brains he would spin ; Who received prose and rhyme with a promising grin— But to save from starvation stirred never a pin. Light...the same to the doctor, from claret to gin), Which Jed swiftly to jail, and consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin,... | |
 | John Timbs - Characters and characteristics - 1866 - 336 pages
...to set himself up as to tin ; So, his portion soon spent, like the poor heir of Lynn — He turned author ere yet there was beard on his chin, And, whoever...doctor, from claret to gin), Which led swiftly to jail, and consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave... | |
 | John Timbs - Characters and characteristics - 1866 - 340 pages
...fine Irish brains he would spin ; Who received prose and rhyme with a promising grin — " Go a-heaH, you queer fish, and more power to your fin," But to...doctor, from claret to gin), Which led swiftly to jail, and consumption therein. It was much, when the bones rattled loose in the skin, He got leave... | |
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Irish brains he would spin ; Who received prose and rhyme with a promising grin — " Go a-head, you queer fish, and more power to your fin," But to save from starvation stirred never a pin. Light for long was his heart, though his breeches were thin,... 
