 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...father frowued; 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 color was extremely hectic ; " Her grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty;... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...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 color was extremely hectic; Her grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ;... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1857 - 396 pages
...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...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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1861 - 850 pages
...father frowned ; but how should gout Find any happiness in kneeliug ? " 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 parish with her bounty ;... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 454 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 466 pages
...father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling 1 She was the daughter of a Dean, Rich, fat, and rather apoplectic; She had one brother,...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,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 444 pages
...father frown'd; 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 parish with her bounty ;... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 436 pages
...father frown'd ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling 1 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 parish with her bounty ;... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 432 pages
...father frown'd ; 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,...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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling t She was the daughter of a dein, — But no other way they know, A contentment to express Borders so upon exces color was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ;... | |
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