 | Virginia Wales Johnson - 1874 - 148 Seiten
...it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride ; And even there 'tis a chance bat they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run...pass, Or Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass." Here Mr. Raines's disengaged hand strayed over the boundary of his wife's gown, without his raising... | |
 | Richard Nicholls Worth - 1875 - 220 Seiten
...But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide; For two are the most that together can ride; And e'en then 'tis a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle...pushes by them, o'erladen with crooks; And Strife's grazing wheels try between them to pass, And Stubbornness blocks up the way on an ass. Then the banks... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 Seiten
...so long, it is not very wide, — For two are the most that together can ride; And even then 't is a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle and...pass, Or Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. And hence you 'll allow, — 't is an inference plain, — That marriage is just like a Devonshire... | |
 | Epigrams - 1877 - 130 Seiten
...But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride; And e'en then 'tis a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle...pushes by them, o'erladen with crooks; And Strife's grazing wheels try between them to pass; And Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then the banks... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1878 - 390 Seiten
...round. But tho' 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride; And e'en then, 'tis a chance but they get in a pother And jostle...and cross and run foul of each other. Oft poverty meets them with mendicant looks, And care pushes by them with dirt-laden crooks; And strife's grazing... | |
 | 1880 - 400 Seiten
...long, 'tis not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride. And e'en this 'tis a chance that they get in a pother, And jostle and cross and run foul of each other. 1 Oft poverty meets them with mendicant looks, And care pushes by them with dirt-laden crooks ; And... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1882 - 316 Seiten
...For two are the most that together can ride; And e'en then 'tis a chance but they get in a bother, And jostle, and cross, and run foul of each other. " Oft Poverty meets them with mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them, o'erladen with crooks! And Strife's grazing... | |
 | Love-knots - 1883 - 234 Seiten
...though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride ; And e'en there 'tis a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul of each other. Old Poverty greets them with mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And Strife's... | |
 | Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 Seiten
...though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride ; And e'en there 'tis a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul of each other. Old Poverty greets them with mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And Strife's... | |
 | Samuel Rowe - 1896 - 600 Seiten
...But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride ; And e'en then 'tis a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle...pushes by them, o'erladen with crooks ; And strife's grazing wheels try between them to pass, And stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. " Then the... | |
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tis a chance but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul of each other. Oft poverty greets them with mendicant looks, And care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And strife's grating wheels try between them to pass, Or stubbornness... 
