 | William Cobbett - 1811 - 678 pàgines
...stars and garters do appear, Among our lords the rabble: To buy and srll, to see and hear The .Tews and Gentiles squabble. Here crafty courtiers are too...trust to fortune ; They see the cheat with clearer i -,vs, Who peep behind the curtain. except only that the price of the capital stock decreased gradually,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 882 pàgines
...appear, And 'mongst our Lords the rabble , To bay, and sell, to see, and hear, The Jew, and Gentile squabble. Here crafty Courtiers are too wise, For...trust to Fortune ; They see the cheat with clearer eyei, Who peep behind the curtain. Our Our greatest Ladies hither come, And ply in chariots daily ;... | |
 | South sea bubble - 1825 - 192 pàgines
...graces, And as she smiles, or frowns, they show, Their gestures and grimaces. Here stars and garters do appear, Among our lords the rabble, To buy and sell,...cheat with clearer eyes, Who peep behind the curtain. Our greatest ladies hither come, And ply in chariots daily, Oft pawn their jewels for a sum, To venture... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1840 - 446 pàgines
...graces, And as she smiles, or frowns, they show Their gestures and grimaces. 2. Here stars and garters do appear, Among our lords the rabble : To buy and sell,...cheat with clearer eyes, Who peep behind the curtain, 3. Our greatest ladies hither come, And ply in chariots daily ; Oft pawn their jewels for a sum, To... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1841 - 426 pàgines
...published at the time, and sung about the streets,* Then stars and garters did appear Among the meaner rabble ; To buy and sell, to see and hear, The Jews and Gentiles squabble. * " A South Sea Ballad ; or, Merry Remarks upon Exchange Alley Bubbles. To a new tune, called ' The... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 488 pàgines
...And as she smiles or frowns, they show Their gestures and grimaces. 2. " Here stars and garters do appear, Among our lords the rabble ; To buy and sell,...cheat with clearer eyes, Who peep behind the curtain. 3. " Our greatest ladies hither come, And ply in chariots daily ; Oft pawn their jewels for a sum To... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 488 pàgines
...And as she smiles or frowns, they show Their gestures and grimaces. 2. " Here stars and garters do appear, Among our lords the rabble; To buy and sell,...cheat with clearer eyes, Who peep behind the curtain. 3. " Our greatest ladies hither come, And ply in chariots daily ; Oft pawn their jewels for a sum To... | |
 | Adolphe Thiers - 1859 - 372 pàgines
...published at the time, and sung about the streets,* " Then stars and garters did appear Among the meaner rabble ; To buy and sell, to see and hear The Jews and Gentiles squabble. " The greatest ladies thither came, And plied in chariots daily, Or pawned their jewels for a sum To... | |
 | 1862 - 538 pàgines
...toil. And Wisdom stoops to Folly. * • » s Here stars and gartera do appear, Among our lords tue rabble ; To buy and sell, to see and hear. The Jews and Gentiles squabble. Our greatest iadies hither cume And ply in chariots daily ; Oft pawn their Iewels for a sum To venture... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 pàgines
...'Change Alley is the dreadful name." — Swift. ' Then stars aud garters did appear Among the meaner rabble ; To buy and sell, to see and hear The Jews and Gentiles squabble. The greatest ladies thither came, And plied in chariots daily, Or pawned their jewels for a sum To... | |
| |
Gentiles squabble. Here crafty courtiers are too wise For those who trust to Fortune ; They see the cheat with clearer eyes, Who peep behind the curtain. 3. " Our greatest ladies hither come, And ply in chariots daily ; Oft pawn their jewels for a sum... 
