 | John Watkins - Biography - 1800 - 936 pages
...is the difference ((aid hi) between an OIL'! and a ffiarro-.Mnivl- ?" " It is (anfwcrerf the other) fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over." FULLER (Ifaac), an Englifh painter, who lived in the reign of Charles II. He painted the Rcfurrtftion... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pages
...between an mul and a sparrowhaiuk ?" The other answered this sarcastic question, as follows: "'An vwl is fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over. FULVIA, the wife of Mark Antony, was a woman of a most daring and masculine spirit, and therefore a... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 772 pages
...(who was very corpulent) between an oiu! and * fparroitlbaiuk ?" " It is, replied the oThe money ther, fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over." (,-].)• FULLER, nf [fullo, Latin.} One whofe' trade is to cleanfe cloth. — The clothiers have put... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 764 pages
...Dr, (who was very corpulent) between an evil and a fparr<mtba<wk ?" " It is, replied the Or' ther, fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over." (3.) * FOLLEH. nf [fullo, Latin.} One whofe trade is to cleanfe cloth. — The clothiers have put off... | |
 | William Davis - Bibliomania - 1821 - 776 pages
...between an owl and a sparrow-hawk. " The difference is very great," replied his companion, eyeing hj^ corpulent person with a smile, " for it is Fuller...the head', fuller in the body, and fuller all over." I if • IS I Bussy Rabutln (Roger) Histoire Amourfute des I'2mo. Huns date, Liege. ,• ,• ..,!.... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1824 - 466 pages
...what is the difference between an owl and a sparrowhawk ?" The gentleman immediately answered, — " It is fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over." He was author of the Church History of Britain, folio ; — A Defence of it against Dr. Peter Heylin,... | |
 | Richard Gooch - 1825 - 248 pages
...said Fuller, between an owl and a sparrowhawk ? " "Oh," retorted the other, sarcastically, " an owl is fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over ! " KEEPING A CONSCIENCE. The great controversy on the propriety of requiring a subscription to articles... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...Dr. (who was very corpulent) ' between an owl and a sparrowhawk '.' ' It is,' replied the other, ' fuller in the head. fuller in the body, and fuller all over.' In the Memoirs of Mr. Pepys, recently published. that writer says—' Jan. 22nd, 1661. I met with Or.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Biography - 1838 - 862 pages
...the Dr. (who was very corpulent) " between an owl and a soarrowhawk!" " It Is." replied the other. " fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over." FULLER, ANDREW, an eminent Baptist minister, and secretary to the Baptist missionary nociety, was born... | |
 | George Philip R. Pulman - 1854 - 542 pages
...Richard II, c. 6. — 4 Henry IV, c. 13. Wood's ' Institute of the Laws of England.' son addressed, ' 1s fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over.' Dr. Fuller was born, in 1608, at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, — the birth-place of Dry den, — and... | |
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Pray what is the difference," said Fuller, between an owl and a sparrowhawk ? " "Oh," retorted the other, sarcastically, " an owl is fuller in the head, fuller in the body, and fuller all over ! 
