True Love Versus Fashion; Or, The Flirt's Failure; Also, Brown's Daughter, and Husband V. WifeWard and Lock, 1859 - 79 Seiten |
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Abel Aunt Robinson ball beautiful belle BELLE SAUVAGE PRINTING Bellows blame bless Bloom book of gold BROWN'S DAUGHTER child circlet coach crew dear dinner Doolittle Dolt door Dorothy dream e'en e'er elope eyes faded fair Adele Farewell fashion father finding fault FLIRT'S FAILURE flirts folly fond Fontenoy fool ye gaslight grace grew grey-bearded grocer heart hope husband Hymen Jessie Gray Jessie's kiss lady least lord in disguise lovely Adele lover Ma'am Madam Dolt maiden Marmaduke Brown matter Miss Julia mother mutton ne'er Nett never night nine tails nonsense o'er once PETTER AND GALPIN plain poor pray pride prince in disguise quoth Brown runaway salt Saxe-Gammon scold shame ships sir-ee smile spirit dressed spirit raised sweet there's things thought toilet told tone twas unlucky voice whispered wife wives woman wonder word wreck wrong young
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Seite 67 - Just to turn his attention once more to the dinner, And have her last word : ' Or, as I am a sinner,' Said he, ' in our quarrels my wife's e'er the winner, And whene'er I find fault With no matter what (I confess it with shame), Makes me own in the end there's nobody to blame, Nobody to blame.
Seite 71 - Two flat-boats, a church, a new magazine (For making gunpowder), a sewing-machine, A steam reaping ditto (they two went together), And a bran-new mosquito-net made for cold weather, Not to mention here several neuralgiac potions, And some twenty or thirty new Yankeefied notions, From a fine-toothed saw-mill to a three-leg-ged bedstead, In which his earthly all was invested. Well, it now and then happen...
Seite 3 - April shower. Not a single defect in their toilet was seen, Not a grace was there wanting in carriage or mien, And Fashion pronounced them correct and complete, From their coiffure so chaste, to their satin-shod feet. How they hated that terrible word, parvenu, How they did what that tyrant,
Seite 21 - Our hero a thorough reform tried to make ; And his newly-felt love so ennobled his heart, That he longed from all folly and vice to depart. He had told but the truth — at least half, I am sure — For his pulse beat more purely than ever before ; And why ? He loved truly for once in his life, And he yearned in his breast to call Jessie his wife.
Seite 19 - Then a brush softly drawn o'er her colourless lips Flushed them red as the bud which the hummingbird sips. Ah ! how oft had the bards sung their rich crimson glow, And her neck soft and white as the newly-dropped snow ! Jessie Gray gave a thought to her toilet so plain, Then turned in amazement to wonder again, For transferred were the thick, flowing locks she had seen To the head of Adele, now of fashion the queen. Next important and grand came the stiff crinoline, Such a
Seite 5 - And forget for awhile that his path had its woes, Or his heart had its thorns : and he sometimes would dream Of a low cottage-porch and a murmuring stream, Where a placid-faced wife drew his head on her breast, And whispered, sweet comfort, of joy and of rest. In the vision it seemed that his children were there, Sporting wild on the lawn with their...
Seite 15 - And brighter and brighter grew Jessie's blue eye, And sweeter her voice as the time hasted by, And happy she seemed with an old, musty book In the quiet retreat of some tree-sheltered nook. At dawn, with her uncle, who loved her so well, She wandered o'er hill and in shadowy dell, And when the night came still well-pleased would she read Some tale to amuse the lone man in his need.
Seite 22 - And he vowed that her weal should be ever his care To the end of life's voyage ; and her shelter, his arm, And his love the bright circlet to keep her from harm. And he left fair Adele. To weep over the past ? Oh ! no, of her failures this was not the last, For she still makes her toilet, 'tis known very well ; Our beautiful, natural, fine city belle.
Seite 7 - I'll show you the letter, And then you will know all the facts so much better Than I could explain them. A thundering peal Of the bell brought a note — Mrs. Nett broke the seal. Good heavens ! what pallor o'erspread her fine face ; How nearly she fainted, but...
Seite 13 - far too young, so they told her, was she, At balls, and at routs, and at dinners to be ; But, of course, with the children and nurse in the park, She might go, if she chose, quite as soon as the lark. And...