 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 pages
...brought from Italy. The following verses arc said to have been found stuck upon this figure : — " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...cannibals thou fled'st in vain, Lawyers less quarter give : fhejirst won't cat you till you're dead, The last will do't alive!" The Inns, denominated "Sergeants'... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 pages
...brought from Italy. The following verses are said to have been found stuck upon this figure : — " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...cannibals thou fled'st in vain, Lawyers less quarter give : fhejirst won't eat you till you're dead, The last will do't alive!" The Inns, denominated " Sergeants'... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 902 pages
...stuck upon this figure : — " In vain, poor sable son of WOB, Thou gcek'st the tender tear ; From thec in vain with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells not...cannibals thou fled'st in vain, Lawyers less quarter give : Thejint won't cat you till you're dead, The last will do't alive!" The Inns, denominated " Sergeants'... | |
 | Benjamin Clarke - 1852 - 1102 pages
...vain with pangs they now, For morcy dwells not here. From cannibals thon fled'st in vain ; Lawyer» less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." This inn is of great antiquity, and Shakspeare makes his Justice Shallow a member of it. He mutilo... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 478 pages
...have often been repeated : — " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; Tor thee in vain with pangs they flow ; For mercy dwells...you till you're slain, The last will do't alive." This inn, like all the other inns of court, is of great antiquity. Dugdale states it to have been an... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1864 - 436 pages
...lines were said to have been found : — " Iu vain, poor fable son of woo, Thou seek'st the lender tear: From thee in vain with pangs they flow, For...cannibals thou fled'st in vain; Lawyers less quarter give: np-Jirst won't eat you till you're slain. The last will do .t al1ve." 228 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES UK THE... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pages
...grudge, Hadst thou but left us Yates. On the Statue in Clements Inn of a Negro supporting a Sun-dial. In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee, alas ! it still must flow, For mercy dwells not here. From Cannibals thou fled'st in vain,... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 pages
...grudge, Hadst thou but left us Yates. On the Statue in Clements Inn of a Negro supporting a Sun-dial, In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; For thee, alas ! it still must flow, For mercy dwells not here. From Cannibals thou fled'st in vain,... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1866 - 800 pages
...good fellows; but the lines once attached to Blackey are worth recalling : — ' From cannibals tbou fledst In vain : Lawyers less quarter give. The first won't eat you when you're slain. The last will while you live.' In the church in the Strand Dr. Johnson was a constant... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1867 - 512 pages
...negro, supporting a sun-dial, upon which work of art a legal wit inscribed the following lines : — " In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender...Lawyers less quarter give ; The first wont eat you till yon're slnin, The last will do'taKue." Unfortunately these lines have been obliterated. The authorities... | |
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In vain, poor sable son of woe, Thou seek'st the tender tear ; From thee in vain with pangs they flow, For mercy dwells not here. From cannibals thou fled'st in vain ; Lawyers less quarter give ; The first won't eat you till you're slain, The last will... 
