 | 1874 - 898 Seiten
...manners that they never mend, The characters they mangle ! They eat, and drink, and scheme, and plod And go to church on Sunday ; And many are afraid of God — And more of Mrs. Grundy. Mr. Locker's talent is in harmony with the spirit of the time. He lives so in the age and belongs so... | |
 | 1900 - 614 Seiten
...ras probably very much older. J. FOSTER PALMEE. 8, Royal Avenue, SW AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. — They eat and drink and scheme and plod, They go to...And many are afraid of God, And more of Mrs. Grundy. DB An antique stone, The relics spared by old decay, As records often stand alone Of races that have... | |
 | 1900 - 676 Seiten
...was probably very much older. J. FOSTER PALMEE. 8, Royal Avenue, SW AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. — They eat and drink and scheme and plod, They go to...And many are afraid of God, And more of Mrs. Grundy. AD antique stone, The relics spared by old decay, As records often stand alone Of races that have passed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 878 Seiten
...abnormal degree industrious, orderly, contented, and well-behaved. They cat, they drink, they sleep, they plod, They go to church on Sunday ; And many are afraid of God, And more of Mrs. Grundy. The county contains no Duke of Omnium or Marquis of Steyne— no transcendent and all-absorbing potentate.... | |
 | Poems - 1863 - 88 Seiten
...that they never mend ! The characters they mangle ! They eat, and drink, and scheme, and plod, And go to church on Sunday — And many are afraid of God — And more of Mrs. Grundy. The time for Pen and Sword was when " My ladye fayre," for pity Could tend her wounded knight, and... | |
 | Love, Author of Basil St. John - 1866 - 386 Seiten
...manners that they never mend, The characters they mangle ! They eat and drink, and scheme and plot. And go to church on Sunday, And many are afraid of God, And more of Mrs. Grundy ! ' F. LOCKKR. THE hours in the Cavendish establishment were by no means early ; and the next morning... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1870 - 212 Seiten
...manners that they never mend, The characters they mangle ! They eat, and drink, and scheme, and plod, And go to church on Sunday ; And many are afraid of God — And more of Mrs. Grimdy. 1 1 6 THE JESTER'S PLEA. The time for Pen and Sword was when " My ladye fayre," for pity Could... | |
 | Hawley Smart - 1871 - 340 Seiten
...manners that they never mend, The characters they mangle. They eat, and drink, and scheme, and plod, And go to church on Sunday ; And many are afraid of God, And more of Mrs. Grundy. Yes, to speak metaphorically, we most of us put our tails tight between our legs, and slink away down... | |
 | 1874 - 614 Seiten
...manners that they never mend, The characters they mangle ! They eat, and drink, and scheme, and plod, And go to church on Sunday ; And many are afraid of God — And more of Mrs. Grundy.' Mr. Locker's talent is in harmony with the spirit of .the time. He lives so in the age and belongs... | |
 | 1874 - 618 Seiten
...it is scarcely hazardous to predict proverbiality : — ' They cat and drink and scheme and plod And go to church on Sunday ; And many are afraid of God And more of Mrs. Grundy.' 'The ' The Cockney met in Middlesex or Surrey Is often cold and always in a hurry.' Bringing the powers... | |
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The manners that they never mend, The characters they mangle! They eat, and drink, and scheme, and plod, And go to church on Sunday; And many are afraid of God — And more of Mrs. Grundy. 
