| Joseph Gales - United States - 1824 - 872 pages
...him to health ; on the ermine which decorates : the judge, and the rope which hangs the crimi' nal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's ' spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, aud the ' ribands of the bride ; at bed or board, couchant ' or levant, we must pay. The school-boy... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1856 - 490 pages
...ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt,.and the rich man's spice — on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. — The school-boy whips his taxed top — the... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - Transportation - 1856 - 808 pages
...restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride. At bed or board, couchant or levant, we mnst pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless... | |
| Thomas Hart Benton - United States - 1856 - 880 pages
...restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride. At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice — on the hrass nails of the coffin, and the rihhons of the hride — at hed or hoard, couchant or levant, we... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the Judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ;...nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride ; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The school-boy whips his taxed top. The beardless... | |
| Henry Charles Carey - Economics - 1859 - 528 pages
...restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice; on...brass nails of the coffin and the ribbons of the bride ; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. " The school-boy," as he further said, "whips his... | |
| Edmund Fillingham King - 1859 - 360 pages
...him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice — on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay ; — the schoolboy whips his... | |
| George Francis Train - United States - 1862 - 88 pages
...health ; taxes upon the rich ermine of the judge, and the rope that hangs the criminal ; taxes upon the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride — (loud cheers ! Mr. Train, however, continuing his apostrophe, and not noticing the interruption... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice —...nails of the cOffin, and the ribbons of the bride — at bed or board, eouchaiit* or levant, we must pay. 2. The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the... | |
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