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" If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. "
Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive ... - Page 154
by Horace Smith - 1825
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Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge

1786 - 800 pages
...(added he) and you might as well fay, that If the man who turnips cries, Cty not. when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather, Have a turnip than his father." And this humour is of the fame fort with which he anfwered the following line . Who rules o'er freemen...
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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: During the Last Twenty Years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 328 pages
...(added he), and you might as well fay, that If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. . And this humour is of the fame fort wjth which he anfwered the friend, F a who cbtterietided <ihe...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...flaco averguenc,e O ella di fer mas furiofa. IF the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION of the following Liaes at the End of BARETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. An IMPROMPTU. •r T i...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...flaco averguen^e O ella di fer mas furiofa. IF the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION of the following Lines at the End of BARETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. An IMPROMPTU. •TTIVA...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...averguenc_e O ella di fer mas furiofa. * IF the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, » . 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION of the following Lines at the End of BARETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. An IMPROMPTU. XTIVA viva...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, ..

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1789 - 248 pages
...flaco averguence O ella di fer mas furiofa. IF the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION Of the following Lines at the End of BARETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. An IMPROMPTU. VIVA viva...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 72

English poets - 1790 - 370 pages
...flaco averguence O ella di fer mas furiofa. IF the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION of the following Lines at the End of BA&ETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. AN IMPROMPTU. "T 7"IVA...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...averguenfe O ella di fer mas furiofu. If the man, who turnips criesj Cry not when his father dies, Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION of the following Lines at the End of BARETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. An IMPROMPTU. VIVA viva...
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An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Not in Any ..., Volume 3

English literature - 1795 - 302 pages
...added he, and you might as well fay, that If the man \vho turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, *Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father." And this humour is of the fame fort with which he anfwered the friend who commended the following line...
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Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedy

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...flaco averguenqe O ella di fer mas furiofa. If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. TRANSLATION of the following Lines at the End of BARETTI'S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. An IMPROMPTU. V IV A....
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