 | 1807 - 458 pàgines
...night-cap, that caught fire on the poet's head at a candle, as he teas reading in bed at Merton. " Take your night-cap again, my good lord, I desire,...keep it a minute ; What belongs to a Nelson, where'er there's a fire, Is sure to be instantly in it." Query, " as he was reading in"i— should it not be... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1812 - 548 pàgines
...LORDSHIP'S NIGHT-CAP, THAT CAUGHT FIRE ON THE POBT'S HEAD, AT A CANDLE, AS HE WAS READING IN BED AT MERTON. TAKE your Night-cap again, my good Lord, I desire,...keep it a minute: "What belongs to a Nelson, where'er there's ajire, Is sure to be instantly in it. TO CHLOE. AH ! tell me not that I grow old, That Love... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1812 - 510 pàgines
...LORDSHIP'S NIGHT-CAP, THAT CAUGHT FIBE ON THE POET'S HEAD, AT A CANDLE, AS HE WAS READING IN BED AT MERTON. TAKE your Night-cap again, my good Lord, I desire,...keep it a minute : What belongs to a Nelson, where'er there's ajire, Is sure to be instantly in it. TO CHLOE. AH ! tell me not that I grow old, That Love... | |
 | 1825 - 204 pàgines
...lordship's night-cap, that caught fire on ) poet's head, as he was reading in bed, at Merton. •e your night-cap again, my good lord, I desire, For I wish not to keep it a minute ; Tiat belongs to a Nelson, where'er there's a fire, Is sure to be instantly in it. • t *, Judgments.... | |
 | Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 pàgines
...Lordship's night-cap, that caught Fire on the Poet's Head at a Candle, as be was reading in Bed at Merton. Take your night-cap again, my good lord, I desire,...keep it a minute ; What belongs to a Nelson, where'er there'i) fire. Is sure to be instantly in it. P. PINDIE. ON A SAILOR WHO DIED OF DRINKING. Here Jack... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pàgines
...the cap in flames. He immediately collected the burnt remains, and returned them to his Lordship with the following lines : — " Take your night-cap again, my good Lord, I desire, I would not detain it a minute ; What be!ongs to a Nelson, wherever there's lire, li sure to be instantly... | |
 | 1838 - 120 pàgines
...Nelson, and the next morning the bard pinned a paper to it with these lines — Take your night cap again, my good Lord, I desire, For I wish not to keep it a minute ; What belongs to a Nelson, where'er there's a fire, Is sure to be instantly in it. But short was the duration of Nelson's repose ; he had... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pàgines
...nightcap, which belonged to his host ; whereupon, he returned the haltburned cap to its owner with the following lines : Take your nightcap again, my...not to keep it a minute ; What belongs to a Nelson, wherever there 'sjire, Is sure to be instantly in it. Our space permits of but one more example of... | |
 | 1863 - 660 pàgines
...the cap in ñames: he immediately collected the burnt remains, and returned them to his Lordship with the following lines : — " * Take your nightcap again, my good lord, I desire; I would not detain it a minute; What belongs to a Nelson, where'er there's a fire, Is sure to be instantly... | |
 | Jest book - 1864 - 396 pàgines
...alarmed by finding it in flames ; he immediately collected the burnt remains, and returned them with the following lines : — Take your night-cap again, my good lord, I desire, I would hot retain it a minute ; What belongs to a Nelson, wherever there's fire, Is sure to be instantly... | |
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Previously to his retiring to rest, he sat down to study, as was his common practice, and was shortly after alarmed by finding the cap in... 
