 | Leigh Hunt - 1890 - 364 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: " The Dean is dead: (Pray what is trumps f) * Sir Robert Walpole's antagonist, I'ulteney. Then Lord have mercy on his soul! (Ladies, I'll venture... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 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 : 'The...(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... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 392 pàgines
...cry, I'm 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 ; The...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 what... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 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... | |
 | Gerald Patrick Moriarty - 1893 - 402 pàgines
...I'mjsorry, but^we all must die ! ' My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps : ' The dean is dead. (Pray, what is trumps ? ) The Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pàgines
...their cards. They have learnt to show their tenderness, aud Receive the news in doleful dumps. 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... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 pàgines
...friends: — MY female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learned to act their parts, Eeceive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead (pray, what is trumps J)." Then, " Lord have mercy on his soul ! (Ladies, I 'll venture for the vole). Six deans, they say,... | |
 | 1895 - 748 pàgines
...he gone ! 'Tis time he should. ' " My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps; '...Dean is dead: (Pray what is trumps?) Then, Lord have meroy on his soul ! (Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.) Six Deans, they say, must bear the pall: (I... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1899 - 234 pàgines
...must die ! " The ladies talk over it at their cards. They have learnt to show their tenderness, and Receive 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). The poem concludes, as usual, with an impartial character... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 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 paH: (I wish I knew what... | |
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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. 
