 | Margaret Miller Davidson - 1843 - 716 Seiten
...blow, And to call out to all he might meet in his way, " Ho ! forty old bachelors sold here to-day !" i And presently all the old maids in the town, Each...called out aloud, as he held up a man, " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy ?" In a twink,* every maiden responded, "I, — I;" POETICAL REMAINS.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 Seiten
...his bell, and his trumpet to blow, And to call out to all he might meet in his way, " Ho ! forty o!d bachelors sold here to-day :" And presently all the...all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then in his labor began, And called out aloud, as he held up a man, " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy... | |
 | Lucretia Maria Davidson, Margaret Miller Davidson - 1852 - 494 Seiten
...hachelors sold here to-day !" And presently all the old maids in the town, Each in her very hest honnet and gown, From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red,...all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then in his lahour hegan, And called out aloud, as he held up a man, "How much for a hachelor? who wants to huy?"... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 450 Seiten
...willing to marry, The tax was as large as a man could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 't was no use— 'Twas horrid injustice, and horrid abuse,...all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then in his labor began, And called out aloud, as he held up a man, " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 452 Seiten
...through the town to and fro, To rattle his bell, and his trumpet to blow, And to call out to all he mighl meet in his way, " Ho ! forty old bachelors sold here...all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then in his labor began. And called out aloud, as he held up a man, " How much for a bachelor ! who wants lo buy... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...forty old bachelors sold here to-day. " Straightway every spinster that lived in the town, Kach one In her very best bonnet and gown, From thirty to sixty—...fair, plain, red and pale— Of every description, all flock 'd to the «ale. The auctioneer soon in his labors began, And call'd out aloud as he held up... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 Seiten
...blow, And to call out to all he might meet in his way, "Ho! forty old bachelors sold here to day!" 4. And presently all the old maids in the town, Each...fair, plain, red' and pale, Of every description, all flock'd to the sale. 5. The auctioneer then in his labor began, And call'd out aloud, as he held up... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 Seiten
...might meet on his way, " Ho ! forty old bachelors sold here to-day." Presently, all the old maids of the town, Each in her very best bonnet and gown, From...description all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then his labors began, And called out aloud as he held up a man, " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to... | |
 | 1865 - 118 Seiten
...old bachelors' pates should be laid ; And in order to make them all willing to marry, The tax was as large as a man could well carry. The bachelors grumbled,...all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then in his labor began, And called out aloud, as he held up a man, * " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 Seiten
...Ho ! forty old bachelors sold here to-day !' And presently all the old maids of the town, Each one in her very best bonnet and gown, From thirty to sixty,...began ; And called out aloud, as he held up a man,— In a twink, every maiden responded, ' I—I !' ' How much for a bachelor ? Who wants to buy ?' In short,... | |
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In short, at a highly extravagant price, The bachelors all were sold off in a trice : And forty old maidens, some younger, some older, Each lugged... 
