 | England - 1823 - 746 pages
...song ; Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | Scotland - 1823 - 758 pages
...myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. •• .. • • • In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | 1836 - 352 pages
...by the rain, Sure marriage is just like a Devonshire lane. In the first place it is long, and when you are in it It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet ; While, however rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning... | |
 | Literature - 1896 - 926 pages
...for song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain. Sure marriage is just like a Devonshire lane. In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are...it, It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, there is no turning round.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1862 - 670 pages
...song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. In the first place, 'tis long ; and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cnge does a linnet ; But howe'cr rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must —... | |
 | Samuel Rowe - Dartmoor (England) - 1848 - 348 pages
...for song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain. Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. In the first place 'tis long, and when once you are...it, It holds you as fast, as a cage does a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty, the road may be found, Drive forward you must, there is no turning round.... | |
 | Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 pages
...perhaps inspired by the rain, Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane ! In the first place, 't is long ; and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, for there... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1848 - 248 pages
...SPINSTER AND SWAIN MAY HERE ASCERTAIN How MARRIAGE RESEMBLES A DEVONSHIRE LANE. " In the first place 't is long, and when once you are in it It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough aud dirty the road may be found. Drive forward you must,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1907 - 684 pages
...Marriott in his ' Marriage is like a Devonshire Lane ' : — • In the first place, 'tis long, and when you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found. Drive forward you must, there is no turning round.... | |
 | E. Croydon - Torquay (England) - 1854 - 312 pages
...song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain ; Sure Marriage ls much like a Devonshire lane. " In the first place 'tis long; and when once you are...in it, It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, there is no turning round.... | |
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T'other day, much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. 
