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Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology. With an autobiography of the ... - Page 244
by Charles Waterton - 1838 - 312 pages
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...tecum possum vfoerc, nee sine te.' EPIC. xii. 47. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee. It is very unlucky for a man to...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...es idem, Nee tecum possum vivere, nee sine te. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee. It is very unlucky for a man to...
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The British Essayists, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 366 pages
...tccum posaum virere, nee sine te.' EPIG. xii. 47. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thon'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee. It is very unlucky for a man to...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...possum vivere, nee sine tc. EPIG. xlvii. 12. "In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thon'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ;' Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen ahout thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee." It is very unlucky for a man to...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...et idem, Nee tecum possum vivere, nee sine te. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen, about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee. It is very unlucky for a man to...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...e$ idem, Nee tecum possum vnere, nec tine te. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen, about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee. It is very unlucky for a man to...
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A Selection of English Epigrams: Extracted Principally from the British and ...

Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...are little seen, But folly at full length. XXI. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee. B L XXII. A haughty courtier, meeting...
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Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 1

Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...nee sine te." which has thus been translated, " In all thy humours whether grave or mellow, Thou 'it such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, That there's no living with thee nor without thee." Those who go to law may be said...
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Most Frequent Use: Taken Chiefly from the ...

D. E. Macdonnel - Quotations - 1819 - 470 pages
...you; nor without you." — Thus translated : .^ " In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about ^ thee, That there's no living with thee, nor without thee." DifficiUs, querulns, laudator...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 36

British essayists - 1819 - 340 pages
...tecum possum vivere, nee sine te.' EPIG. xii. 47. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow ; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thec. It is very unlucky for a man to...
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