 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
..." , •• By the AutJior of " Lilkan." , " Years— years ago— ere yet my dreams , . ll:iil heen of being wise or witty ; , , . Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty; Years— years ago— while all my joy ' Was in my fowllngpiece and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 482 pages
...to its perusal : THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM. AN EVERY-DAY CHARACTER. By the Author of " Lillian." " Years— years ago— ere yet my dreams Had been of...wise or witty; Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty ; Years— years ago— while all my joy Was in my fowlingpiece and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...Mitford, ' as truthful as if it had been written in prose by Jane Austen." THE BELLE OF THE BALL. ' Years, years ago, ere yet my dreams, Had been of being...infernal " Chitty," Years, years ago, while all my joys, Were in my fowling-piece and filly, In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED. THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YKARS, years ago, ere yet my dreams Had been of being wise...infernal Chitty. — Years, years ago. while all my joys Were in my fowliug-piece and filly; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...blaze of day. ROGERs. THE BELLE OF THE KALL.— AN EVERYDAY CHARACTER. YEARS — years ago— ere jet my dreams Had been of being wise or witty ; Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty : Years — years ago — while all my joy Was in my fowling-piece... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...! we shall meet again ; and yet I cannot leave you my direction !" III. — THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS — years ago — ere yet my dreams Had been of being wise and witty ; Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty ; Years, years... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...me, And being seem'da troubled tide, Whose wrecks in darkness swam before me ! THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS — years ago— ere yet my dreams Had been of being wise and witty ; Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty ; Years, years... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...me, And being seem'da troubled tide, Whose wrecks in darkness swam before me ! THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS — years ago— ere yet my dreams Had been of being wise and witty ; Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty ; Years, years... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...first love), is as true as if it had been written in prose by Jane Austen. k THE BELLE OF THE BALL. • Years, years ago, ere yet my dreams, Had been of being...infernal' Chitty:' Years, years ago, while all my joys Were in my fowling-piece and filly, In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...of first love), is as true as if it had been written in prose by Jane Austen. THE BELLE OF THE BALL. Years, years ago, ere yet my dreams, Had been of being...infernal ' Chitty,' Years, years ago, while all my joys, Were in my fowling-piece and filly, In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
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Were in my fowling-piece and filly; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the County Ball; There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and... 
