 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 lehte
...words of which the tune was also frequently described : " Youth, youth, thou had'st better been starv'd by thy nurse, " Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse." But who Mr. Packington was, or where his pound was situated, our musical antiquaries have not informed... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 lehte
...words of which the tune was also frequently described : " Youth, youth, thou had'st better been starv'd by thy nurse, " Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse." But who Mr. Packington was, or where his pound was situated, our musical antiquaries have not informed... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 lehte
...be more free indeed Î 450 BARTHOLOMEW-FAIR. 451 it. " Youth, youth, thou hadst better been sturv'd by thy nurse, " Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse." Coi-. rl hat again, good ballad-man, that again. О rare ! 1 would tain rub mine elbow now, but I dare... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 556 lehte
...faith? Night. O Lord for thy mercy, how wicked or worse, , Are those that so venture their necks for a purse! Youth, youth, thou hadst better been starved...nurse, ' Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse. Cokes. [Sings after him.] Youth, youth, <§'C. — Pray thee stay a little, friend. Yet o' thy conscience,... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 lehte
...of velvet ; O, Lord for thy mercy, how wicked, or worse, Are those that so venture their necks for Mr. Justice Withinge, stealing a purse. At plays, and at sermons, and at the sessions, Tis daily -their practice such booty... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 lehte
...between ; Then why should the judges be free from this curse More than my poor self, for cutting the purse ? Youth, youth, thou hadst better been starved...nurse, Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse. At Worc'ter 'tis known well, and even i' the jail, A knight of good worship did there she:* his face... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 lehte
...of velvet ; O, Lord for thy mercy, how wicked, or worse, Are those that so venture their necks for a purse. Youth, youth, thou hadst better been starved by thy nurse, Than live to be hanged for stealing a purse. At plays, and at sermons, and at the sessions, Tis daily their practice such booty... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 lehte
...king's face. Alack ! then, for pity, must I bear the curse, That only belongs to the cunning cut-purse. c, let us goe, while we are in our prime And take the harmlcssc Collie of the time. W stealing a purse. But O, you vile nation of cut-purses all, Aelent, and repent, and amend, and be »ound,... | |
 | Richard Thomson - 1828 - 384 lehte
...the wood ;' and that touching Master Kyllyan Dunne, we may say of him, with ' rare Ben Jonson,' — ' Youth, Youth, thou had'st better been starved by thy nurse, Than live to be halterM for cutting a purse !' '' MASTER ROBERT SHALLOW: A LEGEND OF CLEMENT'S INN. I was once of Clement's... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 lehte
...of velvet ; O, Lord for thy mercy, how wicked, or worse, Are those that so venture their necks for a purse. Youth, youth, thou hadst better been starved by thy nurse, Than live to be hanged for stealing a purse. At plays, and at sermons, and at the sessions, Tis daily their practice such booty... | |
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Repent then, repent you, for better, for worse. And kiss not the gallows for cutting a purse. Youth, youth, thou hadst better been starved by thy nurse, Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse. 
