 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
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...license in them ; none of the jokes in prose are as good as the opening of An 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." The Proclamation of " Bayes... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 pages
...license in them ; none of the jokes in prose are as good as the opening of An 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." The Proclamation of " Bayes... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...license in them ; none of the jokes in prose are as good as the opening of An 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." The Proclamation of " Bayes... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - History - 1901 - 418 pages
...and with it a bill of exchange for five times as much. One of the rhymers of the day wrote : — " At length by wonderful impulse of fate, The people call him home to help the state ; And what is more, they send him money, too, And clothe him all, from head to foot,... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - Constitutional history - 1902 - 344 pages
...supported amongst others by Andrew Marvell, who has commemorated them in the following lines : ' " Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the...wonderful impulse of fate, The people call him home to help the state : And what is more, they send him money too, And cloath him all, from head to foot,... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - Constitutional history - 1902 - 404 pages
...were supported amongst others by Andrew Marvell, who has commemorated them in the following lines : " Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the...wonderful impulse of fate, The people call him home to help the state : And what is more, they send him money too, And cloath him all, from head to foot,... | |
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - Grande-Bretagne - 1905 - 398 pages
...and became for the next generation each the master-craftsman of his new trade. NOTES TO CHARLES II " Of a tall stature, and of sable hue, Much like the...of Kish, that lofty Jew ; Twelve years compleat he suffered in exile, And kept his father's asses all the while. At length, by wonderful impulse of fate,... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - Fiction - 1905 - 258 pages
...expense of providing for his comfort. A few years afterwards Marvell wrote the following lines : — " 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... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - Fiction - 1905 - 368 pages
...expense of providing for his comfort. A few years afterwards Marvell wrote the following lines: — " 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... | |
 | Cyril Brett - Great Britain - 1910 - 392 pages
...History of Charles II, ed. 1660, p. 127.) CHAPTER IV 1651-60: THE SECOND EXILE "Of a tall stature, and a 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... | |
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