 Tis a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg. But then lastly, 'tis a nut, which unless you choose with judgment, may cost you...  A tale of a tub: and The battle of the books - Page 9by Jonathan Swift - 1831 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 250 pages
...and the coarser coat; and whereof to a judicious palate the maggots are the best: it is a sackposset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter....you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. XXI. A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK.* This single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1807 - 498 pages
...deeper you go you will Jind it the sweeter. But then, lastly, 'tis a nut, which, unltsi you chusc witli judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. ROBERTSON. Tli is great emperor, in the plenitude of his power, and in possession of all the liouors... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
...coarser coat, and whereof, to a judicious palate, " the maggots are the best: it is a sack posset, " wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the "...cackling " we must value and consider, because it is at" tended with an egg. But then, lastly, wisdom " is a nut, which, unless you choose with judg" ment,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1811 - 390 pages
...the coarser coat; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the best : It is a sink-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter....whose cackling we must value and consider, because is is attended with an egg. But then, lastlv, it is a nut, which, unless you chuse with judgment, may... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 356 pages
...coarser coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots art the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter....attended with an egg : but then, lastly, it is a nut w hich, unless you choose with judgment, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 446 pages
...coarser coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter....lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgement, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. In consequence of these momentous... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 442 pages
...coarser coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter....lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgement, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. In consequence of these momentous... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 446 pages
...coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, Avherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom...lastly, it is a nut, which, unless you choose with judgement, may cost you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. In consequence of these momentous... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 448 pages
...coarser coat ; and whereof, to a judicious palate, the maggots are the best : it is a sack-posset, wherein the deeper you go, you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, Avhose cackling we must value and consider, because it is attended with an egg : but then lastly, it... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Anglo-Saxons - 1823 - 580 pages
...'Tis a sack posset, wherein the deeper you go you will find it the sweeter. But then, lastly, 'tis a nut, which, unless you choose with judgment, may...you a tooth, and pay you with nothing but a worm. ROBERTSON. This great emperor, in the plenitude of his power, and in possession of all the honors which... | |
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