 My father frowned; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling? She was the daughter of a dean, Rich, fat, and rather apoplectic; She had one brother just thirteen, Whose color was extremely hectic; Her grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the...  Lillian and Other Poems - Page 132by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1852 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...and rather apoplectic; Stir had one brother, just thirteen, Whose colour wa» extremely hectic ; HIT grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ; Her second cousin was a peer, And I ,"i'«l Lieutenant of the <oanty. " But titles, and the three pel- cent*, And mortgages, and great... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 482 pages
...brother, just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother, for many a year, Had ted the parish with her bounty ; Her second cousin was a peer. And Lord Lieutenant of the county. " But titles, and the three per cents, And mortgages, and great relations,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1831 - 396 pages
...I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling : My father frowned;—but how should gout VI. She was the daughter of a Dean, Rich, fat, and rather...apoplectic ; She had one brother, just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic : Her grandmother for many a year Had fed the parish with her bounty; Her... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1832 - 426 pages
...apnpli-clic ; She hail one brother, just thirteen, Whose color waa extremely hectic ; Her grand mother, for many a year. Had fed the parish with her bounty ; Her second cousin was a peer, And lord lieutenant ol the county. But titles, und the three per cent«. And m TU'iiien. and £>«.u relalinn«,... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...ancient ladies have no feeling; My father frown'd ; but how should gout Find any happiness in kneeling ? She was the daughter of a dean, Rich, fat, and rather...apoplectic ; She had one brother, just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic ; Her grand-mother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty;... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...ladies have no feeling : My father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? ' She was the daughter of a Dean, Rich, fat, and rather...apoplectic ; She had one brother, just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother for many a year Had fed the parish with her bounty ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...ancient ladies have no feeling ; My father frown'd ; but how should gout Find any happiness in kneeling ' She was the daughter of a dean, Rich, fat, and rather apoplectic ; She had one brother just thirteen, Her grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ; Her second cousin was a peer,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...ancient ladies have no feeling. My father frowned - but how should gout Find any happiness in kneeling ? She was the daughter of a dean, Rich, fat, and rather...apoplectic ; She had one brother just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ;... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1857 - 396 pages
...daughter of a dean, Rich, fat, and rather apoplectic ; She had one brother just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother for many a...year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ; Her second covisin was a peer, And lord-lieutenant of the county. But titles and the three per cents, And mortgages... | |
 | Stories - 1858 - 274 pages
...eternal; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them fur the 'Sunday Journal.' My mother laugh'd; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling:...apoplectic; She had one brother just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic; Her grandmother for many a year Had fed the parish with her bounty; Her... | |
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