 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 Seiten
...Venus '. And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all arc mounted. T is the true Phcebcian liquor Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker. Pays...diseases, And at once three senses pleases. Welcome all that lead or follow, To the oracle of Apollo. ' Criet old Sim, the king of skinkers.] Old Sim means... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 Seiten
...of Venus,4 And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true Phoebian liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker....follow, To the Oracle of APOLLO. O RARE BEN JONSON ! ' Criwold Sim, the king of skin •ken.'] Old Sim means Simon ll'atiloe, who then kept the Devil... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 478 Seiten
...milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. Tis the true Phœhian liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker ;...Welcome all who lead or follow To the oracle of Apollo !" In the Apollo Room Jonson sat, the founder of the club, perhaps its dictator. One of his contemporary... | |
 | George Daniel - 1842 - 320 Seiten
...of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true Pho3bian liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker ;...Welcome all who lead or follow To the oracle of Apollo !" Such an association of intellectual minds, where worldly distinctions are unknown, where rank lays... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 Seiten
...milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true Phœbian liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker ;...Welcome all who lead or follow, To the Oracle of Apollo. Above the door was the bust of Ben, the founder. This room (for we defend the system of describing... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1847 - 636 Seiten
...horse accounted ; Ply it, aud you all are mounted. 'Tis the true Phebeian liquor Cheers the brain, makes wit the quicker, Pays all debts, cures all diseases,...follow, To the Oracle of Apollo." O RARE BEN JONSON ' The " Old Sim," mentioned in the above lines, was Simon Wadloe, who at that time kept the Devil Tavern.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...liquor, Cheers the brain, makes it the quicker ; Pays all debts, cures all diseases, And at once the senses pleases. Welcome all who lead or follow To the oracle of Apollo." There is not any reason to believe that Shakspeare, lover of wit and jollity as he was, was a practical... | |
 | 1875 - 676 Seiten
...itll art: movnttd. 'Tis the true Phœbian liquor. Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker, Pays nil debts, cures all diseases, And at once three senses...Welcome all who lead or follow To the Oracle of Apollo." WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK (Neomagus). CHINESE PIRATES : CAPT. GLASSPOOLE (5th S. iii. 420, 495 ; iv. 238.)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 Seiten
...of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true Phcebean liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker ;...Welcome all who lead or follow To the oracle of Apollo ! " In the Apollo Room Jonson sat, the founder of the club, perhaps its dictator. One of his contemporary... | |
 | Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn - 1853 - 308 Seiten
...of Venus*, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true Phcebian liquor, Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker, Pays all debts, cures all diseases, And all at once three senses pleases. Welcome all ! who lead or follow To the Oracle of Apollo." " 0 rare... | |
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He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us ; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted : Ply it, and you all are mounted. 'Tis the true... 
