The Cup and the Lip: A Novel, Volume 1T. C. Newby, 1851 |
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Page 124 - Too old, by heaven : let still the woman take An elder than herself : so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart : For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page 156 - is wife (Not to mention the 'ousemaid an' cook), To come in an' 'ands up an' be still, An' honestly work for my bread, My livin' in that state of life To which it shall please God to call Me!
Page 101 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 47 - She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lip, and a tear in her eye.
Page 65 - A coroner's inquest was subsequently held on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder, against some person or persons unknown, was returned.
Page 21 - Sons could, after a time, make their own way in the world ; girls could only be provided for by marriage, and that was a doubtful future ; so many of Fanny's friends and relatives continued single that she could have no very sanguine hopes for her dowerless children.
Page 137 - I am very glad to see you again ! I have so often thought of you and felt for you.