 | James Paterson - 1864 - 124 pàgines
...spent in supporting " the honour and dignity of the burgh in the public houses." " A prison is a honse of care, A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for men alive. Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place for jades and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1865 - 338 pàgines
...this brilliant feu de chimie we end our " Changes in Covent Garden." THE LAST OF THE FLEET PRISON. A Prison is a house of care, A place where none can...place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among. Inscription on the Tolbooth, Edinburgh. A PBISON in a crowded city is one of its waste places — a... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pàgines
...Than to bend the neck, and to bow the knee, In the proudest palace of slavery. OLEARIUS. THE PRISON. A PRISON is a house of care, A place where none can...— A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for men alive. TRUTH. " FAS EST AR HOSTE DOCERI." YiRGIL. SEIZE upon truth where'er tis found—- Amongst... | |
 | 1867 - 632 pàgines
...it — Onward ! bear ; Bend not to tho fiercest foe. S6 THE BASTILLE. A prison is s house of oare, A place where none can thrive ; A touchstone true...one alive. Sometimes a place of right. Sometimes a plate of wrong ; Sometimes a place for rogues and thieve With honest men among. rpHE Bastille was one... | |
 | Metta Victoria Victor - 1868 - 276 pàgines
...for his kidnapping propensities. SUSPICIONS AND A WARRANT. 203 CHAPTER XIII. A DANGEROUS KIDNAPPER. " Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, With honest men among." He deserves small trust, Who is not privy councillor to himself. — FORD.... | |
 | William Chambers, William III Chambers - 1872 - 350 pàgines
...inscription, that is said to have been originally and specially designed for the King's Bench Prison : ' A prison is a house of care, A place where none can...thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for men alive — Sometimes a house of right, Sometimes a house of wrong, Sometimes a place for jades and... | |
 | 1872 - 592 pàgines
...A QUOTATION. — Can any reader of '•' X. & Q." inform me who was the author of the following;' " A prison is a house of care, A place where none can...thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for men alive," T. ETHE. Hayfield, near Stockport. A SHOWER OF BLACK WORMS. — " A letter from Bucharest... | |
 | 1872 - 602 pàgines
...inform me, who was the author of the following ? " A prison is a house of care, A place where nope can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for men alive." T. EIRE. Ilayfield, near Stockporfc. A SHOWER OF BLACK WORMS.— " A letter from Bucharest... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 1170 pàgines
...Souls innocent and quiet t -- i-.o These for an hermitage." Bat I also know that MA prison ia a honse of care — A place where none can thrive ; A touchstone...Sometimes a place of right, Sometimes a place of wrong ; Always a place for rogues and thieves, With honest men among." And I certainly should not like to... | |
 | Martino Beltrani Scalia - 1874 - 304 pàgines
...nella seconda pagina, tien dietro la seguente, non meno originale: A prison is a house of care A piace where none can thrive A touchstone true to try a friend A grave for one alive. Sometimes a piace of rigbt Sometimes a piace of wrong Sometimes a piace of rogues and thieves And honest men among... | |
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A prison is a house of care. A place where none can thrive, A touchstone true to try a friend, A grave for one alive. Sometimes a place of right. Sometimes a place of wrong, Sometimes a place of rogues and thieves, And honest men among. 
