 OF a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while...  Discourses on Government - Page 63by Algernon Sidney - 1805Full view - About this book
 | George Sydney Smythe - 1844 - 412 pages
...stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew. Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while, At length " But the astonishment of the auditors was too much for the reciter's nerves. The gipsy burst into... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
..." Of a tall stature and a sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew ; Ton years of need he suffer'd in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while." He was a rapid and a constant walker, to settle his nerves ; talked affably with his subjects ; had... | |
 | charles barker - 1853 - 126 pages
...Charles's private life and habits with a brief description of his person, may not be unacceptable. " Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty grew," sings Andrew Marvell in doggrel rhyme; and what is wanting to complete the picture is supplied... | |
 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1854 - 276 pages
...Meets envy still, to grapple with at last. * Marvell applies a similar parallel to Charles II. : — ( Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile. And kept his father's asses all the while.' This Cresar found; and that... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 pages
...strong harsh lineaments, and in his manners gay, sprightly, polite, and affable. Spencer, p. 505. " Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew." ilniircw Marvel. He was an illustrious exception to all the common rules of physiognomy, for with a... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...language quack Vive le Roy! * Alluding to the barbarity acted on Sir John Coventry. A HISTORICAL POEM. OF a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while ; At length, by wonderful... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1857 - 612 pages
...Swift, Young, or Chesterfield. Less familiar to the world is another of his hits at Charles : — ' Of a tall stature and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish that lofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while ! ' To Marvell are attributed... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...strange fowl shall feed and enjoy, And still in their language quack Vive le Roy! A HISTORICAL POEM. OP a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while ; At length, by wonderful... | |
 | Literature - 1857 - 640 pages
...Swift, Young, or Chesterfield. Less familiar to the world is another of his hits at Charles : — ' Of a tall stature and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish that Jofty Jew, Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while !... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1858 - 556 pages
...convey their • Mrs. Hutchinson's "Memoirs," vol. iL p. 261. t See Note at the end of this Chapter. Í "Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the son of Kish, that lofty Jew ; Twelve years complete he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while. At length, by wonderful impulse... | |
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