 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 362 pàgines
...a Book, and falls a reading. . Cour. [Reads] • Wealth is a great Provocative to am'rous heat.— For what is worth in any thing, But so much money as 'twill bring ? Hudibras, part the second^ canto the first. Sylv. Patience direct me! have 1 wrought my nature To... | |
 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 366 pàgines
...second, canto the first. Cour. [fteads] —•—Wealth is a great Provocative to am'rous heat.— For what is worth in .any thing, But so much money as 'twill bring ? . . , Sylv.' Patience direct mej have I wrought my nature To utmost sufferance, and most low contentment?... | |
 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 358 pàgines
...dove-like wife; And is this all I'm worth? Cour. [Reads] Wealth is a great Provocative to am'rous heat. — For what is worth in any thing, But so much money as 'twill bring ? Hudibras, part the second, canto the first. Syle. Patience direct me! have I wrought my nature To... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 pàgines
...Warburton, " the splendor of gold and silver is more refulgent than the rays of those luminaries." V. 465-6. For what is worth in any thing, But so much money as 'twill bring.} These lines, which are very shrewd and pointed, have obtained a sort of general cirdilation by frequent... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pàgines
...lay about 'em in romances : 'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call : For what is worth in any thing, But so much money as 'twill bring ? Or what but riches is there known Which man can solely call his own, In which no creature goes his... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 314 pàgines
...And lay about 'em in romances : Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call : For what is worth in any thing, But so much money as 'twill bring ? Or what but riches is there known, Which man can solely call his own, In which no creature goes his... | |
 | Alfred Bunn - 1840 - 288 pàgines
...exquisite actress, Mrs. Jordan. Again, If, in the instance of Mr. Charles Kean, who in 1832 had SO/, per week, and since had 50/. per night, there may...«• Then, to think while such actors as Emery had 121. per week, Incledon 121. John Bannister 18/. H. Johnston 10/., &c., that Bartley should ever have... | |
 | Alfred Bunn - 1840 - 346 pàgines
...Jordan. Again, If, in the instance of Mr. Charles Kean, who in 1832 had 30l. per week, and since had 50l. per night, there may be some allowance made, because...while such actors as Emery had 12/. per week, Incledon 12J. John Bannister 18/. H. Johnston 10l., &c., that Bartley should ever have had 20/. per week, that... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pàgines
...scale to know the value of money at those periods, compared with the value at the present time : " For what is worth in any thing But so much money as 't will bring ?" — HUDIBEAS. Yes, thou witty abstracter, but on what the comparative value may be,... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 pàgines
...scale to know the value of money at those periods, compared with the value at the present time : " For what is worth in any thing But so much money as "t will bring ?" — HUDIBRAS. Yes, thou witty abstracter, but on what the comparative value may be,... | |
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Tis that by which the sun and moon, At their own weapons, are outdone : That makes knights-errant fall in trances, And lay about 'em in romances : Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call : For what is worth in any thing, But... 
