 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 ページ
...enslave ; And thou may'st half the nation save, If Sylvia thou wilt not recover. SUNT QUI SERVARI NOLUNT. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and he fled for his life. Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And sav'd him... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 ページ
...enslave ; And thou may'st half the nation save, If Svlvia thou wilt not recover. SUNT QUI SERVARI NOLUNT. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and he fled for his life. Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And sav'd him... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 ページ
...thought he was a watch.' — ' You're right — He's a stop-watch, not a repeater.' COURAGE MISPLACED. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and fled for his life ; Tom's three nearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him... | |
 | English epigrams - 1878 - 464 ページ
...he shall die ; His wife, that he may live." Matthew Prior (1664-1721). DLVII. ON TOM AND HIS WIFE. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and fled for his life : Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 ページ
...And empty both within. Take this, also, in which the Dean's cynicism is very agreeably exhibited : As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street and fled for his life : Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him at... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 518 ページ
...Almighty vengeance to disarm ? Wrapp'd up in majesty divine, Does he regard on what we dine ? EPIGRAM. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and fled for his life : Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1884 - 458 ページ
...collection— his epigrams especially, which exhibit that satiric power tor which his name is so celebrated. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the streets and fled for his life : Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And sav'd him... | |
 | 1887 - 842 ページ
...; But as for the dwellers, Both buyers and sellers, For me, you may hang 'em or drown 'em. EPIGRAM. As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the streets and fled for his life: Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him at... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1910 - 424 ページ
...Almighty vengeance to disarm? Wrapp'd up in majesty divine, Does he regard on what we dine? EPIGRAM2 AS Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and fled for his life: Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him at... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 ページ
...maintain, And, to defend the Whiggish cause, Her topics from the Tories draws. SUNT QU1 SERVARI NOLUNT As Thomas was cudgell'd one day by his wife, He took to the street, and he fled for his life. Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And sav'd him... | |
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Then ventured to give him some sober advice — But Tom is a person of honour so nice, Too wise to take counsel, too proud to take warning, That he sent to all three... 
