 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852
...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...what are they to love's sensations ? Black eyes, fair foreheads, clustering locks, Such wealth, such honours Cupid chooses ; He cares as little for the stocks,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 558 pages
...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...and rents, Oh ! what are they to love's sensations 1 Black eyes, fair foreheads, clustering locks ; Such wealth, such honors Cupid chooses ; lie cares... | |
 | Caroline Leigh Gascoigne - 1855
...Then, raising his hand with a little gentle flourish, he murmured, still smiling to himself, — ' For titles, and the three per cents., And mortgages, and...and rents, Oh ! what are they to Love's sensations ?' " Nothing, indeed ! " said Mr. Somerset, VOL. II. 0 answering himself with a very decided slap of... | |
 | J. Parton - 1856
...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...fair forehead, clustering locks. Such wealth, such honors, Cupid chooses; He cares as little for the stocks, As Baron Rothschild for the muses. She sketch'd;... | |
 | Stories - 1858
...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...clustering locks, Such wealth, such honours, Cupid chooses; He cares as little for the stocks, As Baron Eothschild for the muses. She Bketch'd; the vale,... | |
 | Literature - 1859
...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...clustering locks, Such wealth, such honours, Cupid chooses , He cares as little for the stocks, As Baron Rothschild for the muses. She smil'd on many... | |
 | 1861
...second-cousin was a peer, And lord-lieutenant of the county. " But titles and the three-per-cents, And mortgages, and great relations, And India bonds...Oh, what are they to love's sensations ? Black eyes, fuir forehead, clustering locks, Such wealth, such honors, Cupid chooses ; He cares as little for the... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864
...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...clustering locks — Such wealth, such honours, Cupid chooses ; He cares as little for the Stocks, As Baron Rothschild for the Muses. She sketched; the vale,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864
...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...clustering locks — Such wealth, such honours, Cupid chooses; He cares as little for the Stocks, As Baron Rothschild for the Muses. She sketched ; the vale,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865
...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...fair forehead, clustering locks. Such wealth, such honors, Cupid chooses; He cares as little for the stocks, As Baron Eothschild for the muses. She sketch'd... | |
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Whose colour was 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. 
