 | 1818 - 596 σελίδες
...reign, « Thev must befit to wed.'" Quoth Tom to Dick — " Thou art a foal, •< And little know'st of life , " Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule " A kingdom, than a wife." •> ON A QUID OF TOBACCO. IT lay before me, OB the close-graz'd grass, Beside my path — an old Tobacco... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1813 - 716 σελίδες
...'re fit to reign They must be fit to wed.' ftuoth Tom to Dick,— Thou art a fool, And little know'st of life ; Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom than a wife. [VOL. XVII. ] AD 177*. [40J berties, and obtain the concurrence of this House. He therefore could not... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 436 σελίδες
...they're fit to reign, They must be fit to wed." Quoth Tom to Dick—" Thou art a fool, And little know'st of life; Alas! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom than a wife." ANGELS. MANY rash opinions have been held of the nature, number, language, and guardianship of angels;... | |
 | George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - 1852 - 508 σελίδες
...fit to reign, They must be fit to iced.' Quoth Tom to Dick — ' Thou art a fool, , And little knowst of life : Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule . A kingdom than a wife." " On the 15th March, Dowdeswell moved to leave out the words in the preamble containing the assertion... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1852 - 814 σελίδες
...they're fit to reign They must be fit to wed. Quoth Tom to Dick— Thou art a fool, And little know'at of life, Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom, than a wife. The great figure in the book of Lord Albemarie is of course the Marquis of Buckingham. He is thus portrayed,... | |
 | 1860 - 894 σελίδες
...fit to reign, They must be fit to wed.' " Quoth Tom to Dick,—' Thou art a fool, And little know'st of life, Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom than a wife.' " But popular wit, no more than parliamentary opposition, was able to obstruct the determined will... | |
 | 1862 - 632 σελίδες
...they're fit to reign, They must be fit to wed. Qnoth Tom to Dick, thon art a fool ! And little know'st of life — Alas, 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom than a wife ! The penalties of a pramunire— a corruption of the Latin word prœmonerr, to forewarn, originally... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1862 - 488 σελίδες
...yet might not marry till twenty-five : " Quoth Tom to Dick, —' Thou art a fool, And little know'st of life: Alas! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom, than a wife.' " — ParL Hist. xvii. 407. 2 Fox's Mem. i. 75. Lord Chatham said of the Bill, " The doctrine of the... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 σελίδες
...they're fit to reign, They must be fit to wed." Quoth Tom to Dick, " Thou art a fool, And little know'st of life ; Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom than a wife." JOB'S LOSSES. SLY Beelzebub took all occasions To try Job's constancy and patience ; He took his honours,... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1871 - 962 σελίδες
...eighteen, and the reason why is thus given : " Quoth Dick to Tom : Thou art a fool, And little knowest of life ; Alas ! 'tis easier far to rule A kingdom...encouraging. It is true, the lives of none of them were denied by immoralities, such as brought merited obloquy on their brothers; but blighted affections... | |
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Tom, This Act appears Absurd, as I'm alive : To take the Crown at eighteen years, The wife at twenty-five. 
