 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 Seiten
...thou make as many holes in an enemy's battle, as thou hast done in a woman's petticoat ? Sbaktptare. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light. SucUing. It is a great compliment to the sex, that the virtues are generally shewn in petticoats. Addisyn.... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...on their way they went, like those two doves, That, walking highways, every shadow moves.— Homer. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice,...they fear'd the light : But oh! she dances such a way ! No Snn upon the Easter-day la half Mi fine a sight. acts. THE feast of Purim, or Lots, among... | |
 | 1833 - 388 Seiten
...to say truth, (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat. Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But oh ! she dances such a way ' No sun npon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1836 - 436 Seiten
...to say truth, for out it must, ' It look'd like the great collar, just, About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole...they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight. Her cheeks so rare a white was on, No daisy... | |
 | Garland - 1836 - 246 Seiten
...to say truth, for out it must, It look'd like the great collar, just, About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice,...they fear'd the light : But, oh ! she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight ! Her cheeks so rare a white was on, No daisy... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 Seiten
...tempted to quote a few stanzas from the witty Sir John Suckling's excellent ballad " On a wedding." " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | 1836 - 436 Seiten
...a poet. His Ballad upon a Wedding contains some descriptive passages of unapproached excellence— Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; And oh, she dances such a way ! No sun upon an eaiter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Theocritus - 1836 - 450 Seiten
...quote a few stanzas from the witty Sir John Suckling's excellent ballad " On a wedding." NOTES. 359 " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 Seiten
...once more to restore mankind to a practical knowledge of that most delicate simile of Suckling — " Her feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light." To be sure tlio carriage and step of your city dame is not very remarkable for timidity;... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 382 Seiten
...to say truth, for out it must, It looked like the great collar, just, About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, . Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But oh ! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.... | |
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Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight. 
