 | English poetry - 1807 - 218 pages
...tongue, and wags the tail, All flutter, pride, and talk. FIVE REASONS FOR DRINKING. [DR. AI.DKICII ] GOOD wine ; a friend ; or being dry; Or lest we should be by and by ; Or any other reason why. ON MR. BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, IN COMPANY WITH DR. JOHNSON. WHEN Jamie... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...both join, He votes for interest, as she yields for coin. DR. ALDRICH'S FIVE REASONS FOR DRINKING. GOOD wine — a friend ; — or, being dry; — Or, lest we should be bye and bye; — Or, any other reason why. WRITTEN ON A PAKE OF GLASS IN THE TOWER, OVER THE NAME OF... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...gentleman ; and we are both mistaken ; that's all honey." DR. ALDKICH'S FIVE REASONS FOR DRINKING. Good wine — a friend — or being dry — Or lest we should be by and bye — j Or any other reason why. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS. Kennet, Lord-Mayor of London, in the year 1780,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...gone, The coward creeps to death — the brave lives on. DR. ALDRICK'S FIVE REASONS FOR DRINKING WINE. Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be, by and bye, Or any other reason why. HENRY THE FOURTH AND HIS AMBASSADOR. Bassompiere told, in jocund strain,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1838 - 520 pages
...is likely to be done for the King at pre" sent, I think it high time to take care of my soul ! " t Bishop Smalridge had died in 1719, and Dean Aldrich...Good wine — a friend — or being dry, — " Or least we should be by and by, — " Or any other good reason why ! " " he has taken to discredit that... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1837 - 494 pages
...is likely to be done for the King at pre" sent, I think it high time to take care of my soul ! " f Bishop Smalridge had died in 1719, and Dean Aldrich...Good wine — a friend — or being dry, — " Or least we should be by and by, — " Or any other good reason why ! " FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT. " he... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1837 - 522 pages
...think it high time to take care of my soul ! " t Bishop Smalridge had died in 1719, and Dean AJdrich in 1710. The latter was a man not only of great learning,...Good wine — a friend — or being dry, — " Or least we should be by and by, — " Or any other good reason why I '' His Compendium of Logic is less... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1837 - 496 pages
...reasons for drinking are well known : — " Good wine — a friend — or being dry, — " Or least we should be by and by, — " Or any other good reason why ! " " he has taken to discredit that of my Lord Cla- CHAP, " YV " rendon, which, like the character... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...nothing is likely to be done for the King " at present, I think it high time to take care of my soul l" f Bishop Smalridge had died in 1719, and Dean Aldrich...should be by and by, — " Or any other good reason why ! " " he has taken to discredit that of my Lord Cla- CHAP, " \ V " rendon, which, like the character... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1897 - 666 pages
...causa. The lines are attributed to Père Sirmond, and are nid to be translated by Dean Aldrich :— Good wine ; a friend ; or being dry ; Or lest we should be by-and-by; Or any other reason why. OWL (" Great Scott ").—The meaning and origin of this phrase... | |
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If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink: Good wine— a friend— or being dry— Or lest we should be, by and by— Or any other reason why! 
