 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1883 - 404 σελίδες
...of our solemn nature has its birth. THIRD. CHAPTER I. " You still are what you were, sir ! . . . " With most quick agility could turn And return ; make knots and undo them — Give forked counsel." e, or the Fox. [BEFORE a large table, covered with parliamentary papers, sat Lumley, Lord Vargrave.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 σελίδες
...Act i. Sc. 1. I oft have heard him say how he admir'd Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be la\v. 2618 BenJonson: Volpone. Act i. Sc. 1. While lawyers have more sober sense, Than t' argue at... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1891 - 302 σελίδες
...to Volpone: " I oft have heard him say how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, and all be law ; That, with most quick agility could turn. And return, make knots and undo them ; Give... | |
 | Thomas Alfred Davies - 1884 - 558 σελίδες
...XX. THE LAWYER I oft have heard him say how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again ; yet all be law. BEN JONSON. In their place, the lawyers of a Christian land are not useful merely, but absolutely essential... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 430 σελίδες
...first took him. I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your largo profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all the law; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And [re-] return ; [could] make knots, and undo... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 344 σελίδες
...first took him. I oft have heard him say how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they...; That, .with most quick agility, could turn, And turn and re-turn ; make knots, and undo them ; Give forked counsel ; take provoking gold On either... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1891 - 480 σελίδες
...Harsh things he mitigates, and pride subdues." CHAPTER I. You still are what yon were, sir ! . . . With most quick agility could turn And return ; make knots and undo them. Give forked counsel. — Volpone, or the Fox. BEFORE a large table, covered with parliamentary papers, sat Lumley Lord Vargrave.... | |
 | Maine State Bar Association - 1893 - 404 σελίδες
...Shakespeare: — " I oft have heard him say, how he admired Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they...put it up; these men He knew would thrive with their Immility, And (for his part) he thought he would be blest To have his heir of such a suffering spirit... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1895 - 328 σελίδες
...of your large profession, that could speak ~\ To every cause, and things mere contraries, ( MI ' '' Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And turn and re-turn ; make knots, and undo them ^ ' Give forked counsel ; take provoking gold On either... | |
 | 1896 - 244 σελίδες
...clients. Beaumont and Fletcher, THE SPANISH CURATE, iii. Men of your large professions that could speak To every cause and things — mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law. B, Jonson, VOLPONE, i. Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He '11 bray you in a mortar!... | |
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Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return; make knots, and undo them; Give forked counsel; take provoking... 
