 | John Aikin - 1799
...my thème I rightly think, There are live reasons why men drink; Good winr,a frii'nd, because Гш dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason wby." That more serious and important labours commonly occupied the time of Aldrich, appears, not only... | |
 | Shropshire gazetteer - 1824
...futura, Aut vini bonitas, aut queelibet altera causa." Thus translated : "If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." The candour of Dr. Aldrich's temper,... | |
 | William Goodman - 1843
...reasons for drinking, paraphrased from " aut vini bonitus qui alteri causa :" " If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink ; Good wine, a friend, became I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." This learned gentleman was... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845
...reasons for drinking, paraphrased from " aut vini bonitus qui alteri causa :" "If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink ; Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." This learned gentleman was dean of... | |
 | Epigrams - 1868 - Počet stránok 127
...nothing good they say, There 's nothing good they do. FIVE REASONS FOR DRINKING. If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink, Good...lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why. Aldrich. ON DR LETTSOM. If anybody comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em ; If, after that,... | |
 | 1873
...little rhyme, lightening his columns with the Five Reasons for Drinking : If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink; Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by-and-bye, Or any other reason why. And the One Reason for not Drinking... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - Počet stránok 778
...And Homer will be all the hooks you need. Ibid. HENRY ALDRICH. 1647-1710. If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good...Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.1 Biog. Britanmca. Vol. \. p. 131. 1 These lines are a translation of a Latin epigram (erroneously... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - Počet stránok 864
...read, And Homer will be all the books you need. Kid. HENRY ALDRICH. 1647-1710. If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good...Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.1 Biog. Britanmca. Vol. \. p. 131. 1 These lines are a translation of a Latin epigram (erroneously... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876
...Aldrich (circ. 1690), author of " Hark ! the Bonny Christ Church Bells."] IF on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good wine ; a friend ; because I'm dry ; Or lest I should be by-and-by ; Or any other reason why. WOMAN'S WILL. THE man's a fool who... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - Počet stránok 340
...Romeo and Juliet. Drink. — I DRINK no more than a sponge. — ItuJELAia — If on thy theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men DRINK : Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or least I shonld be by-and-by, Or any other reasons why. — H. ALDRICH, Biog. Brit. —... | |
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If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink: Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry. Or lest I should be by and by. Or any other reason why. 
