 She next the stately Bull implored ; And thus replied the mighty lord: "Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well ; I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence ; a favourite cow Expects me...  The Beauties of English Poetry - Page 99by Peter Pindar - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Legrand Sabin - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1926 - 358 pages
...Delmar pondered, what awaited him in that Matamoros across the Rio Bravo ? CHAPTEE XIVj MAKCHINQ ORDERS "And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place." To fabled Matamoros, across the Rio Bravo ! There was last word, apart, with the General himself, while... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1926 - 568 pages
...thus reply'd the mighty lord. Love calls me hence ; a fav'rite cow Expects me near yon barley mow : And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place. Page 461 1. 19. Madame de Genlis : Adelaide and Theodore is the title of the English translation (1783).... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Devon - 1926 - 456 pages
...proverbial couplets and sayings which have entwined themselves in our daily language ; for instance : — When a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. 1 "The Early Poetry of Devonshire" in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for 1874. Those... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 762 pages
..."The Courts of Cook County — the Longest Bench on Earth," Judge Charles G. Neely. "The Ladies— And when a Lady's in the Case, You know all other Things give Place," Hon. Charles W. Thomas. II. ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, AT THE TWENTIETH... | |
 | Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 278 pages
...1808, is immeasurably more likely. 53 She embarrasses Jane Fairfax and no doubt amuses Emma with 'For when a lady's in the case, / You know all other things give place' (lines 41-2) - originally said by a bull intent on sex (£ 454). 54 P 150, 1 1 6, 189. Lady Mary Wortley... | |
 | John Gay - Poetry - 2003 - 100 pages
...thus reply'd the mighty lord. 35 Since ev'ry beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well, I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend; Love calls me hence; a fav'rite cow 40 Expects me near yon barley mow: And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.... | |
 | Jane Austen - Literary Collections - 2005 - 692 pages
...hunters: he has a prior engagement: Love calls me hence; a fav'rite cow Expects me near yon barley mow; And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place, (unes 39-42) The expression was already proverbial, used for example in Samuel Richardson, Sir Charles... | |
 | Joan Ellen Delman - Fiction - 2007 - 372 pages
...discreet—quite on our good behaviour. Hush! You remember those lines—I forget the poem at this moment: For when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place. Now I say, my dear, in our case, for lady, read—mum! a word to the wise. I am in a fine flow of spirits,... | |
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