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" Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. "
The Family Library (Harper). - Página 124
1847
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti ...

John Brand - 1810 - 508 páginas
...have a Gammon of Bacon, to shew him" self to be no Jew." V. Christraass. Durand * tells us, that on Easter Tuesday, Wives used to beat their Husbands, on the Day following the Husbands their Wives. There is a Custom still retained at the City of Durham on these Holidays : On one Day the Men take...
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Select Poems from the Hesperides: Or, Works Both Human and Divine

Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 páginas
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the keys betraying This night, and locks pick'd; yet we're not a Maying! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time: We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty : Our life is short,...
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The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, Volumen4

1826 - 240 páginas
...cross and pyle for the odd penny at a reckoning, upon pain of damnation." Durand tells us, that on Easter Tuesday, wives used to beat their husbands; "on the day following, the husbands their wives, but assigns no •reason for the origin of this odd custom. The rolling of young couples down, Greenwich-hill,-...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1822 - 440 páginas
...humours of an Epping hunt, in which our apprentices now take so much delight! According to Durand, on Easter Tuesday, wives used to beat their husbands; on the day following the husbands their wives. There is a strange custom still retained in the city of Durham on these holidays. On one day, the men...
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Retrospective Review, Volumen5

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 páginas
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the keys betraying This night, and locks pick'd ; yet we're not a Maying! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time : We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty : Our life is short,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volumen5

1822 - 384 páginas
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the keys betraying This night, and locks pick'd ; yet we're not a Maying ! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time : We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty : Our life is short,...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volumen2

New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 páginas
...firmament; Many a jest told of the keys betraying This night, and locks picked; yet we're not a Maying! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time i We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty: Our life is short,...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volumen2

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 páginas
...firmament ; Many a jest told of the keys betraying This night, and locks picked ; yet we're not a Maying ! Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless folly of the time : We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty : Our life is short,...
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Festivals, Games & Amusements, Ancient & Modern

Horace Smith - 1831 - 372 páginas
...prize in the foot-races and games of hand-ball that prevailed at this season. Durand tell us that on Easter Tuesday wives used to beat their husbands ;...go while we are in our prime, And take the harmless fbllie of the time ; We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short,...
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Festivals, Games, and Amusements: Ancient and Modern

Horace Smith - 1831 - 372 páginas
...prize in the foot-races and games of hand-ball that prevailed at this season. Durand tell us that on Easter Tuesday wives used to beat their husbands ;...Come, let us go while we are in our prime, And take ths harmless follie of the time j We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our...
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