 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885 - 272 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,... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 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 — just thirteen — Whose color was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother for many a year Had fed the parish with her bounty ; Her... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 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 - English literature - 1886 - 316 pages
...many a year Had fed 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, Black eyes, fair forehead, clustering locks — Such wealth, such honours, Cupid chooses ; He cares... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1889 - 406 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.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1890 - 460 pages
...extremely hectic ; Her grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ; Her second-cousin was a peer, And lord-lieutenant of the county. But...relations, And India bonds, and tithes and rents, 0, what are they to love's sensations? Black eyes, fair forehead, clustering locks, Such wealth, such... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 452 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. L But titles, and the three per cents., And mortgages, and great relations,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 458 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,...parish with her bounty ; Her second cousin was a peer, But titles, and the three per cents., And mortgages, and great relations, And India bonds, and tithes,... | |
 | Austin Dobson, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English poetry - 1892 - 92 pages
...See any happiness in kneeling? 24 POEMS BY DOBSON, LOCKER, AND PRAED. 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,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1894 - 288 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, just thirteen, Whose color was extremely hectic ; Her grandmother, for many a year, Had fed the parish with her bounty ;... | |
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My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling : My father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in... 
