 | William Oldys - English drama - 1740 - 348 pages
...nick, Run back, and in a moment was unravelPd all. Sucklings LUXUR r. We will eat fuch at a meal : The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, The brains of peacocks and of eftriches Shall be our food ; and could we get the phoenix, Though nature loft her kind, fhe were our... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1780 - 436 pages
...at a meal. The heads of parrofs, tongues of nightingales, The brains of peacocks, and of oftriches, Shall be our food ; and could we get the phoenix, (Though nature loft her kind) fte were our dilh. Ccl. Good Sir, theie things might move a mind affefted With fuch... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 690 pages
...and this whole state. A gem, but worth a private patrimony, Is nothing : We will eat such at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, The...phoenix, (Though nature lost her kind) she were our dish. Get. Good sir, these things might move a mind affected With such delights ; but I, whose innocence... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...and this whole state. A gern, but worth a private patrunoay, Is nothing : We will eat such at a meat The heads of parrots, tongues, of nightingales, The brains of peacocks, and of cstriches, Khali be our food ; and, could we get the phcenix, (Though nature lost her kind) she were... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 pages
...and this whole state. A gem, but worth a private patrimony, Is nothing : We will eat such at a meal. , estriches, Khali be our food ; and, could we get the phoenix, (Though nature lost her kind) she were... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...prodigi pri iu:ipisfue rant, sed avita opes, proTinciarum scilicet spoliis partas. — L. 9. 3. 58. 14 The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, The brains of peacocks, and rf estriches ¿hall be our food.} This is a strain of luxury taken from the emperor Heliogabalus :... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 518 pages
...scilicet spoliit parte. Plia. L 8. 3 68. This extract Whalley found in Upton, who refers to Tacitus The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, The brains of peacocks, and of estriches, Shall be our food :3 and, could we get the phoenix, Though nature lost her kind, she were... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...patrimony, Is nothing : we will eat such at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, Tha brains of peacocks, and of ostriches, Shall be our...phoenix, Though nature lost her kind, she were our dish." " Cel. Good sir, 'these things might move a mind affected With auch delights ; but I whose innocence... | |
 | England - 1839 - 876 pages
...and tins whole state. A gem but worth a private patrimony, I« nothing : we will eat such at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, The...peacocks, and of ostriches, Shall be our food : and could wo get the phoenix, Though nature lost her kind, she were our dish." " Cet. Good sir, these things... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales, The brains of peacocks, and of estriches, Shall be our food : and, could we get the phoenix, Though nature lost her kind, she were our dish. Cel. Good sir, these things might move a mind affected With such delights ; but I, whose innocence... | |
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And wear, and lose them: yet remains an ear-ring To purchase them again, and this whole state. A gem but worth a private patrimony Is nothing: we will eat such at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales. The brains of peacocks and of... 
