 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 pàgines
...sorry—but we all must die ! " ***** My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : "...(Pray what is trumps ?) Then Lord have mercy on his soul! (Ladies, I 'll venture for the vole) Six Deans, they say, must bear the pall: (I wish I knew... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 pàgines
...their cards. They have learnt to show their tenderness, and Receive the news in doleful dumpa. The doan is dead (pray what is trumps ?) ; Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole). The poem concludes, as usual, with an impartial character... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 518 pàgines
...mourn for me without dissembling. My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn 'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : "...(Pray what is trumps ?) Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six Deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew... | |
 | Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 pàgines
...(From " On the Death of Dr. Swift.") MY female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : "...(Pray, what is trumps ?) Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole,) Six. Deans, they say, must bear the pall. (I wish I knew... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 516 pàgines
...Arbuthnot a day .... My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act their parts, Beceive the news in doleful dumps : «The dean is dead (pray, what is trumps?) Then, Lord, have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall. (I wish I knew... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pàgines
...seated at the inevitable cardtable: My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act * soul! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall (I wish 1 knew what... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 632 pàgines
...baa he left, and who's his heirP' My female friends, whose tender hearta Have better learned to aot their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : '...(pray what is trumps ? ) Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six Deans, they say, must bear the pall— (I wish I knew... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 454 pàgines
...contains some excellent writing: " My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : '...(Pray what is trumps?) Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six Deans, they say. must bear the pall : (I wish I knew... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 pàgines
...contains some excellent writing : " My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : '...(Pray what is trumps?) Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six Deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pàgines
...contains some excellent writing : " My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : '...(Pray what is trumps?) Then, Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six Deans, they say. must bear the pall : (I wish I knew... | |
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I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend. 
