 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - Authors, English - 1884 - 468 pages
...he), and you might as well say, 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 same sort with which he answered the friend who commended the following... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 472 pages
...On «Some Lines Of Lopez De Vega. If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tie a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. EPIGRAM OF LORD CHESTERFIELD. On A Full-Length Portrait of Beau Marsh. Placed between the busts of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pages
...No. 17. ' If the man who turnips cries ' : 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. Piozzi's Anecdotes, p. 67. Ignorance : 'A LADY once asked Johnson how he came to define Pastern the... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1889 - 406 pages
...come with a ring." Thomas Hood. CCCCXHL 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. Samuel yohnson. CCCCXIV. REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. BETWEEN Nose... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 452 pages
...come with a ring." Thomas Hood. CCCLXXVTTL 1F the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. CCCLXXIX. REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. The point in dispute was,... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...ELIOT — Daniel Deronda. Bk. II. Ch. XVII. If the man who turnip cries Cry not when his father dies, q. SAM'L JOHNSON — Johnsoniana. Anecdotes by Mrs. Piozsi. Feeling is deep and still ; and the word... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pages
...(added he), and you might as well say, 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 same sort with which he answered the friend who commended the following line... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Godfrey Locker Lampson - Bibliography - 1900 - 518 pages
...in the following lines by the Doctor: " If a man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father." Half Marbled Calf, paper sides. JOHNSON, SAMUEL. Irene : A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the TheatreRoyal... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 610 pages
...southwest side. — Sutler, 'HudOmts.' If a man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. — Dr . Johnson : 'Johnsoniana.' Pi»*ti. 523 LOVE Men have died from time to time, and worms have... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...southwest side. — Butler: 4fudibras* If a man who turnips cries, Cries not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father. — Dr. Johnson: • Johnsoniana.* Piozxi. LOVE Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten... | |
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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. 
