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 - Page 140by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
| F. J - 1870 - 346 pages
...? Consoling us with—" Would you 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... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1870 - 346 pages
...? Consoling us with—" Would you had thought twice! Ah ! if you had but followed my advice!" ***** Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...phrase, " I told you so," Utter'd by friends, those PEOPHETS OF THE PAST. Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 384 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would f.Jl at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst " lonos mora," With a long memorandum of old stories.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 380 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...you now should do, Own they foresaw that you would f..ll at last, Aud solace your slight lapse 'gainst " bonos mores," With a long memorandum of old stories.... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1875 - 444 pages
...bear, or bear not : 'Twill teach discernment to the sensitive, And not to pour their ocean in a sieve. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than...blast, Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so," Utter d by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they... | |
| Charles James Dunphie - Women - 1876 - 390 pages
...its malignity — that comprised in the reproachful and triumphant exclamation, "I told you sol" " Of all the horrid hideous notes of woe, Sadder than,...blast, Is that portentous phrase, ' I told you so,' Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past Who, 'stead of saying what you now should do, Own they... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...weather wear not. "Tis hetter, on the whole, to have felt and seen That which humanity may hear, or hear s life-pulse throhs once more. " Away ! away ! let...done — his race is run ; Oh ! never more shall All hlast. Own they foresaw that you would fall at last, And solace your slight lapse 'gainst bonos mores,... | |
| John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 764 pages
...Napoleon hated Admiral Villeneuve after Trafalgar, and with exactly the same bad quality of justice: 50. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, fs that portentous phrase " I told you so!" Uttered by friends, those prophets of the past, Who, 'stead... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...breeze: When your affairs come round, one way or t other, Go to the coffeehouse, and take another.* XLIX. But this is not my maxim : had it been, Some...notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight Mast, Is that portentous phrase, " I told you so," Utter d by friends, those prophets of the past,... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...delight, Good dost thou ne'er foretel nor bring to pass. «. BRYANT'S Homer's Iliad Bk. I. Line 38. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe. Sadder than...blast; Is that portentous phrase " I told you so." r. BYRON — Doit Juan. Canto XIV. St. 50. Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow... | |
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