 Feuillant) not only tells us that he ended his life with that jest, but that he left a paper sealed up wherein were found three articles as his last will : 'I owe much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor.  The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven - Side 285av Alexander Wheelock Thayer - 1921Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | François Rabelais - 1807 - 370 sider
...great may be (doubt or uncertainty.) He is in the pin's nesl, Sec, 'f-Thov. His. de Jean Clopincl. sealed up, wherein were found three articles, as his...much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor." This last story, or that before it, must undoubtedly be false ; and perhaps both are so, as well as... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 206 sider
...the hey-day of his life. Whether he left that remarkable will sealed up, with the three articles, " I owe much — I have nothing — I give the rest to the poor,1' may be doubtful ; more probable is the story, that when some persons importuned him to* sign... | |
 | Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania - 1870 - 534 sider
...toil, for the benefit of their families. Like Rabelais, every one may say, wheij he comes to write his will, " I owe much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor." Notwithstanding this miserable record, they have always worked, in season and out of season, for the... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1870 - 442 sider
...sealed paper containing his last will and testament, which was comprised in these three articles : " I owe much ; I have nothing ; I give the rest to the poor." * Another reports him, on his death-bed, to have said, "Draw the curtain, the farce is over," and so... | |
 | Samuel David Gross - 1871 - 38 sider
...toil, for the benefit of their families. Like Rabelais, every one may say, when he comes to write his will, " I owe much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor." Notwithstanding this miserable record, they have always worked, in season and out of season, for the... | |
 | Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873 - 128 sider
...— go and search." After his death, this will being opened, it was found to be in these words : " I owe much ; I have nothing ; I give the rest to the poor." A NUMBER OF DEFINITIONS. Young ladies who play croquet are now known as " maidens all for lawn." Notes... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 sider
...Ch. 12. FRANCIS RABELAIS. 1495-1553. I am just going to leap into the dark.2 From Afotttux's Life. He left a paper sealed up, wherein were found three...much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor." Md. To return to our wethers.* Works. Book i. Ch. i. note 2. I drink no more than a sponge, ikid. Ch.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 sider
...Ch. 12. FRANCIS RABELAIS. 1495-1553. I am just going to leap into the dark. 2 From Motteux's Life. He left a paper sealed up, wherein were found three...much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor." md. To return to our wethers.8 Works. Book i. Ch. i. note 2. I drink no more than a sponge, Ibid. Ch.... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 sider
...Vol. ip 172. FRANCIS RABELAIS. 1495-1553. I am just going to leap into the dark.1 From Motteux's Lift. He left a paper sealed up. wherein were found three...much, I have nothing. I give the rest to the poor." Ibid. To return to our wethers.2 Works. Book \. Ch. 1, n. 2. I drink no more than a sponge. Ck. 5.... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - 1890 - 548 sider
...is he that considcreth the poor. Old Testament. Steep'd me In poverty to the very lips. Shakspere. He left a paper sealed up, wherein were found three...much, I have nothing, I give the rest to the poor." Rabelais. With one hand he put A penny In the urn of poverty And with the other took a shilling out.... | |
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