 bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow.' But it cheers the heart to see one neither great nor highborn stepping forward to prevent that last blanket from being seized ; and, ' in the train of all this...  Selected Essays - Page 137by Abraham Hayward - 1878Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...How proud they can press to the funeral array Of him whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrowHow bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by Nobles to-morrow.' Moore's Sheridan, ii. 460-2. by by the author of Irene1, and spoken by Mr. Garrick; and, by particular... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...How proud they can press to the funeral array Of him whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrowHow bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by Nobles to-morrow.' Moore's Sheridan, ii. 460-2. by by the author of Irene 1 , and spoken by Mr. Garrick; and, by particular... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 524 pages
...How proud they can press to the funeral array Of him whom they shunn'd, in his sickness and sorrowHow bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by Nobles to-morrow!" The anonymous writer thus characterises the talents of Sheridan : — " Was this then the fate of that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Dramatists - 1825 - 654 pages
...after•'How proud they can press to the funeral array Of him whom they shunn'd, in his sickness and sorrowHow bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by Nobles to-morrow!" The anonymous writer thus characterises the talents oi Sheridan:— "Was this, then, the fate of that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 470 pages
...the funeral array Of one whom they shunn'd in his sickness and sorrow : — How bailiffs may sciie his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow ! And thon, too, whose life, a sick epicure's dream, Incoherent and gross, even grosser had pasVd,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1846 - 338 pages
...yet his last public appearance confirms all I say, as no one had a more magnificent funeral. " Yes, bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." " There can be no doubt," added Lady Ashcourt, " that the good-humoured sympathy of mankind is much... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 102 pages
...proud they can press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in hie sickness and sorrow • The bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow!" The expenses of Spenser's funeral were defrayed by Elizabeth's great favourite, the Earl of Essex.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 104 pages
...proud they can press to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow ; The bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow r The expenses of Spenser's funeral were defrayed by Elizabeth's great favourite, the Earl of Essex.... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - Children's stories - 1851 - 254 pages
...yet his last public appearance confirms all I say, as no one had a more magnificent funeral. " Yes, bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." " There can be no doubt," added Lady Ashoourt, "that the good-humored sympathy of mankind is much at... | |
 | Douglas William Jerrold - 1853 - 328 pages
...the defunct, so, Mr. Undertaker, be sure that his coffin is of the very best and stoutest elm. " And bailiffs may seize his last blanket to-day, Whose pall shall be held up by nobles to-morrow." The Undertaker comes in at the last to hush up all former indifference, all past neglect, to make all... | |
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