 This joke excited a laugh, and when it had subsided, Sydney Smith wrote the following impromptu sermonet — most appropriately on a card : — Thoughtless that " all that's brightest fades," Unmindful of that Knave of Spades, The Sexton and his Subs...  Bentley's Miscellany - Strana 2971838Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1827 - 510 str.
...appropriately ore a card : Thoughtless that ' all that's brightest fades.,' Unmindful of that Kinic,' qf 'Spades, The Sexton and his Subs ; How foolishly we...diamonds set their hearts, We set our hearts, on clubs ! ANECDOTES OF THE BATTLE OF NAVAHINO. THE ADMIRAL. — 'During the action,. Sir Edward Codrington... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 str.
...Mr. Rogers, that clubs are worse than diamonds. This joke excited a laugh, and when it had subsided, Sydney Smith wrote the following impromptu sermonet...Sexton and his Subs : How foolishly we play our parts ! 862. The Duke of Clarence jocularly observing to a captain of the navy, that he heard he read the... | |
 | 1851 - 448 str.
...gambling would dress the ladies. Thoughtless that " all that's brightest fades," Forgetting, quite, that knave of spades, The sexton, and his subs, How foolishly we play our parts — Women on diamonds set their hearts, Men set their hearts on clubs. GERAT EVENTS FREQUENTLY CAUSED... | |
 | Jest book - 1864 - 396 str.
...Rogers, "that chibs are worse than diamonds." This joke excited a laugh, and when it had subsided, Sydney Smith wrote the following impromptu sermonet...diamonds set their hearts, We set our hearts on clubs ! LIX. — MISTAKEN IDENTITY. A PHYSICIAN attending a lady several times, had received a couple of... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 str.
...Mania of Ladies for Diamonds and Men for Play: "written at the time of the Opening of CrockforePsClub. Thoughtless that ' all that's brightest fades ; '...Diamonds set their hearts, We set our Hearts on Clubs. By English Authors. 269 To a Young Lady who had asked him to write Something Original for her. An original... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 str.
...Mania of Ladies for Diamonds and Men for Play: written at the time of the Opening of Crockford's Club. Thoughtless that ' all that's brightest fades ; '...Diamonds set their hearts, We set our Hearts on Clubs. BY CAMPBELL THE POET. To a Young Lady who had asked him to write Something Original for her. An original... | |
 | Epigrams - 1868 - 144 str.
...nought can me condole; For he whose power and wisdom made Me — cannot save my sole. MEN AND WOMEN. Thoughtless that "all that's brightest fades," Unmindful...diamonds set their hearts, We set our hearts on clubs. Sidney Smith. THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. Metaphysical Jack, in his study one night, Cries, "I wonder... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby - 1870 - 520 str.
...less ruinous than the rage for play among men ; upon which Sydney Smith wrote the following impromptu appropriately on a card : — " Thoughtless that '...Diamonds set their Hearts, We set our Hearts on Clubs." Jem Bland — Facetious Jemmy — less generally known, was a remarkable member of the betting-ring.... | |
 | Charles Stokes Carey - 1872 - 314 str.
...I'm weary ! ' MEN AND WOMEN. THOUGHTLESS that ' all that's brightest fades,' Unmindful of that hnave of spades, The sexton and his subs : How foolishly we play our parts ! Our velves an. diamonds set their hearts, We set our hearts on clubs. — Sidney Smith. TULIPS AND ROSES.... | |
 | Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873 - 128 str.
...practical joke than this. MEN AND WOMEN. Thoughtless that "all that's brightest fades," Unmindf ul of that knave of spades, The sexton and his subs,...diamonds set their hearts, We set our hearts on clubs. Sydney Smith. THE PRANKS OF HYMEN. Though matches are all made in heaven, they say, Yet Hymen, who... | |
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