 | William Hone - 1823 - 330 pages
...Rich Dives sicken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. Rlse up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with me,...place provided in hell, To sit upon a serpent's knee. However whimsical this may appear to the reader, he can scarcely conceive its ludicrous effect, when... | |
 | William Hone - 1823 - 318 pages
...called Dives and Lazarus, I annex an amusing extract. As it fell out, upon a day, Bich Dives sicken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. Eise up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with me, For you've a place provided in hell, To sit... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...Dives and Lazarus,"there is this amusing account: " As it fell it out, upon a day, Rich Dives sicken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. " Rise up, nse up, brother Dives, And come along with me, For you've a place provided in hell, To sit upon a terpeni'... | |
 | 1833 - 574 pages
...carol, entitled Dives and Lazarus, wherein two serpents come to bear off the rich man's soul, singing ' Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with...place provided in hell, To sit upon a serpent's knee. But there was no serpent's knee for Doctor Faustus. When conjured from his dread abode, he appears... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 414 pages
...heavenly guides are we ; Thy place it is provided in heaven. To sit on an angel's knee." As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died ; There came...therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, Thine evil guides are we ; Thy place it is provided in hell, To sit on a serpent's knee ! " One has... | |
 | 1839 - 366 pages
...subjoined extract is from a carol, called Dives an " As it fell out, upon a day, Rich Dives sieken'd and died, There came two serpents out of hell His...For you've a place provided in hell, To sit upon a terpent's knee." Timperley remarks that " the idea of sitting on the knee was perhaps conveyed to the... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - 1839 - 1266 pages
...came two serpents out of hell, Mis soul.thcrcin to guide. Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And coinc along with me, For you've a place provided in hell, To sit upon a serpent's knee.* On the continent the custom of carolling at Christmas is almost universal. During the last days of... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 652 pages
...heavenly guides are we; Thy place it is provided in heaven, To sit on an angel's knee." As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died ; There came...soul therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dires, Thine evil guides are we ; Thy place it is provided in hell, To sit on a serpent's knee ! "... | |
 | William Howitt - 1841 - 520 pages
...heavenly guides are we ; Thy place it a provided in heaven, To sit on an angel's knee." As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died . There came two serpents out of hell Hu soul therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, Thine evil guides are we ; Thy place it... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...psalms to hornpipes." * They have retained such of the carols as will most provoke mockery : — " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And come along with me, For you 've a place provided in hell, Upon a sarpant's knee." And then the crowd laugh, and give their... | |
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As it fell out upon a day, Rich Dives sickened and died, There came two serpents out of hell, His soul therein to guide. " Rise up, rise up, brother Dives, And go with us to see, A dismal place prepared in hell, From which thou canst not flee. 
