Colley Cibber ( 10 of 15 )
Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
Stolen sweets are best.
Stolen sweets are best.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable
liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing,
heart-opening, wind-tippling read more
Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable
liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing,
heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to whose glorious
insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall
prostrate.
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
This business will never hold water.
This business will never hold water.
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome
Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
