| Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1829 - 224 Seiten
...My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter ; It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...The tax was as large as a man could well carry. The batchelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use : 'Twas horrid injustice, and horrid abuse, And declared... | |
| 1833 - 666 Seiten
...dreamed, it was coined into numbers : My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I am sure I never saw any poetry sweeter. It seem'd that a law had been recently made, That a tax on old Bachelors' pales should be laid; And in order to make them all willing to marry, The tax was as large as a man... | |
| Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1841 - 322 Seiten
...numbers; My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter; It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use; 'Twas horrid injustice, and horrid abuse, And declared that to save their own hearts'... | |
| Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1841 - 368 Seiten
...numbers; My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter; It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...order to make them all willing to marry, The tax was an large as a man could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use; 'Twas horrid injustice,... | |
| Margaret Miller Davidson - 1843 - 716 Seiten
...My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I 'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter; It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 't was no use ; 'T was horrid injustice, and horrid abuse, And declared that to save their own hearts'-blood... | |
| Lucretia Maria Davidson - 1843 - 346 Seiten
...My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter ; It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...could well carry The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use, 'Twas horrid injustice, and horrid abuse ; And declared that to save their own hearts'... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 Seiten
...My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I 'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter : It seemed that a law had been recently made, That a tax on old...could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use — 'Twas horrid injustice, and horrid abuse, And declared that to save their own hearts'... | |
| Lucretia Maria Davidson, Margaret Miller Davidson - 1852 - 494 Seiten
...poetry sweeter; It seemed that a law had heen recently made That a tax on old hachelors' pates should he laid: And in order to make them all willing to marry,...The tax was as large as a man could well carry. The hachelors grumhled, and said 't was no use ; 'T was horrid injustice, and horrid ahuse, And declared... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 450 Seiten
...My thoughts rah along in such beautiful metre, I 'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter: It seemed that a law had been recently made, That a tax on old...could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 't was no use— 'Twas horrid injustice, and horrid abuse, And declared that to save their own hearts'... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 452 Seiten
...My thoughts ran along in such beautiful metre, I 'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter : It seemed that a law had been recently made. That a tax on old...be laid ; And in order to make them all willing to marrv, The tax was as large as a man could well earn". The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use... | |
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