 I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories.  Don Juan: Cantos XII.-XIII.-and XIV - Pagina 140door George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 168 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pagina’s
...not. T is better on the whole to have felt and seen That which humanity may bear, or bear not : T will teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour...or the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, « 1 told you so, » Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past Who, 'stead of saying what you... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pagina’s
...woe, Sadderthan owl-songsor theinidnightblast, Is lliiil portentous phrase, I told you so," Uttvr'd by friends, those prophets of the past. Who, 'stead...now should do, Own they foresaw that you would fall ¡it hist, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst "uonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories.... | |
 | 1848 - 700 pagina’s
...bearing in memory the vulgar caution that it is possible to laugh " at the wrong side of the mouth." " Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Are these portentous words — ' I told you so.' " This is true ; nevertheless, on occasion, it is... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pagina’s
...hideons notes of woo. Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, Is that portentons phrase, "I told yon so," Utter'd by friends , those prophets of the past. Who, 'stead of saying what yon now should do, Own they foresaw that yon wonld fall at last. And solace yonr slight lapse 'gainst... | |
 | 1854 - 696 pagina’s
...woe, Sadder than owl-songs on tho midnight blast, la that portentous phrase, *I told you so,' Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past, Who 'stead of saying what yen now should do. Own the; foresaw that 700 would fall at last ; And solace your slight lapse 'gainst... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pagina’s
...horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " / told you so," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of...Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solaee your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. Byron's Don... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pagina’s
...notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " / told you io," Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Who,...Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solaee your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories. Byron's Don... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pagina’s
...owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " / told you so," Utter'd by friend.0, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should d Own they foresaw th,st you would fall at last, And solaee your slight lapse 'gainst " banos mon With... | |
 | 1865 - 672 pagina’s
...Consoling us with — " Would yon had thought twice ! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice !" * « * * * Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...do, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last. Mrs. Beecher Stowe in the same breath with Byron is well-nigh enough to take that breath away; but... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pagina’s
...happy — need I now ? Byron, Giacur. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs on the midnight blast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd oy friends, those prophets of the past, Who 'stead of saying what yon now should do, Own they foresaw... | |
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