 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 Seiten
...; My thoughts ran along in such beautiful meter, I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter: It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...marry, The tax was as large as a man could well carry. 8. The bachelors grumbled and said 'twas no use, 'Twas horrid injustice and. horrid abuse, And declared... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1879 - 784 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 cruel injustice and horrid abuse — • And declared that to save their own hearts'... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 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 cruel injustice ! and horrid abuse !" — And declared that, to save their... | |
 | 1880 - 404 Seiten
...metre, 1 am sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter. It seemed that a law had been recently made, Thar a tax on old bachelors' pates should be laid ; And,...could well carry. The bachelors grumbled, and said 'twas no use, 'Twas cruel injustice and horrid abuse ; — And declared that, to save their own hearts'... | |
 | Robert Kidd - 1857 - 494 Seiten
...My thoughts ran along in such beautiful meter, I 'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter. It seemed that a law had been recently made That a tax on old...bachelors grumbled, and said 't were no use, 'T was horrid injustice and shameful abuse; And declared, that to save their own heart's blood from Of such... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 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 heart's... | |
 | 1883 - 804 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 bachelors' pates should be laid ; And, iu order to make them all willing to marry, The tax was as large as a man could well carry. The bachelors... | |
 | 1885 - 332 Seiten
...; My thoughts ran along in such beautiful meter, 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 cruel injustice and horrid abuse — And declared that to save their hearts' 'blood... | |
 | Edward Barrett Warman - 1886 - 140 Seiten
...transposing the words in a sentence — can be made the climacteric word. EXAMPLE I. " It seemed that a la-jo had been recently made That a tax on old bachelors' pates should be laid." The italicized words are the new ideas ; the thought words ; the words' that cannot be dispensed with... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 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 cruel injustice and horrid abuse, And declared that, to save their own heart's blood... | |
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That a tax on 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 and said 'twas no use, 'Twas horrid injustice and horrid abuse, And declared that... 
