"Pericranium" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... should have a simile— Well, in Jamaica, on a tamarind tree, Five hundred parrots, gabbling just like Jews, I've seen—such noise the feathered imps did make, As made my very pericranium ache— Asking ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton
... Wherein the effluvia soft and delicate Of dulcet aniseseed (not coriander) In its capacious rim of form anguillar Whirl in sweet vortex. Hence it was observ'd, The subtile matter, when in throat retir'd, Kept still its roulant quality, and oft Would mount in circling spires to pericranium Of she-philosopher, when in elbow chair, Deep and profound, would the grave matron reve, And learnedly pronounce (like great RENATUS[2]) With equal verity the world ...
— Ebrietatis Encomium - or, the Praise of Drunkenness • Boniface Oinophilus |
