 | Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 pages
...salt is spilt, to me it fell ; Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across : On Friday, too ! the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! Last night (I vow to Heaven 'tis true) Bounced from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell : God send... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 420 pages
...and fork were laid across ; On Friday, too ! the clny I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! to Last night (I vow to heav'n 'tis true !) Bounce from...news shall tell. God send my Cornish friends be well ! Unhappy widow, cease thy tears, 15 Nor feel affliction in thy fears, Let not thy stomach be suspended... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 422 pages
...salt is spilt, to me it fell. Then, to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across ; On Friday, too ! the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! 10 Last night (I vow to heav'n 'tis true !) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal... | |
 | 1893 - 736 pages
...The salt is spilt, to me it fell ; Then to contribute to my loss My knife and fork were laid across ; On Friday, too, the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! ' The Farmer's Wife and the Kaven (Fables of J. GAY, 1688-1732). 2. 'Far in a wild unknown to public... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 426 pages
...salt is spilt, to me it fell. Then, to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across ; On Friday, too ! the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! 10 Last night (I vow to heav'n 'tis true !) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...The salt is spilt, to me it fell. Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across ; he Death of the Virtuous. It is only the dead who do not return. g. BERTRAND BARERE — Spe Heaven 'tis true) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell : God send... | |
 | William Henry Kearley Wright - 1896 - 508 pages
...salt is spilt, to me it fell ; Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across : On Friday, too — the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! Last night (I vow to Heaven 'tis true), Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell ; God send... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...salt is spilt, to ine it fell ; Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across : On Friday, too ! the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! Last night (I vow to Heaven 'tis true) Bounced from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell : God send... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 886 pages
...Salt is spilt ; to me it fell. Then, to contribute to my loss, My Knife and Fork were laid across, On Friday too ! The day I dread ! Would I were safe...Coffin flew. Next Post some fatal News shall tell ! God tend my Cornish Friends be well ! That Raven on yon left-hand Oak (Curse on his ill-betiding Croak)... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 pages
...Salt is spilt ; to me it fell. Then, to contribute to my loss, My Knife and Fork were laid across, On Friday too ! The day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! Last night (I TOW to Heav'n 'tis true), Bounce from the fire a Coffin flew. Next Post some fatal News shall tell... | |
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Alas! you know the cause too well, The salt is spilt, to me it fell. Then, to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across, On friday too! the day I dread! Would I were safe at home in bed! Last night (I vow to Heav'n 'tis true) Bounce from... 
