 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...Death replies : ' Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before, 'Tis six and thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore.' ' So much the worse,' the clown rejoined ; ' To spare the aged would be kind : Besides, you promised me Three Warnings, . Which I have... | |
 | 1784 - 378 pages
...Death " Surely, my friend, you 're but in jest ; Since I was here before, Tis six and forty or fifty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much...However, see your search be legal ; And your authority — Is 't regal ? Else you are come on a fool's errand, With but a secretary's warrant. Besides, you... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
...call it ? " Death replies : " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ! Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much the worse," the clown rejoined ; " To spare the aged would be kind : However, see your search be legal ; And your authority... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...Deatli replies, " Surely, my friend, you 're but iu jent : Since I was here before, 'Tis six and thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much...clown rejoin'd; " To spare the aged would be kind: — Besides, you promised me Three warnings Which I have look'd for nights and mornings, And for that... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...six-and-thirty years at least, / And yon are now fourscore." " So mnch the worse," the clown rejoined ; " r bark, 'tis true, no shelter here can find, Sore shattered by the ruffian seas and wind — is "t regal ? Else you are come on a fool's errand, With but a secretary's warrant. Beside, you... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 pages
...Death replies: " Surely, my friend, you're but in jest; Since I was here before, Tis six and thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much...clown rejoin'd; " To spare the aged would be kind: Besides, you promised me Three warnings Which I have look'd for, mghts and mornings : And for that... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much thd wCrsei1' the clown rejoined ; " To spare the aged would be kind : However, see your...regal ? Else you are come on a fool's errand. With but a secretary's warrant. Besides, you promised me three warnings, Which 1 have looked for nights... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...ye call it!" Death replies; "Surely, my friend, you 're but ill jest! Since I was here before 'T is six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." "So much the worse," the clown rejoined; "To spare the aged would lie kind: However, see your search be legal ; And your authority,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...call it ! " Death replies ; "Surely, my friend, you 're but in jest ! Since I was here before "T is six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." " So much the worse," the clown rejoined ; "To spare the aged would bo kind : However, see your search be legal ; And your authority,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...ye call it!" Death replies; "Surely, my friend, you 're but in jest ! Since I was here before 'T is six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." "So much the worse," the clown rejoined ; "To spare the aged would be kind: However, see your search be legal ; And your authority,... | |
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So soon, d'ye call it !' Death replies. ' Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore. 
