Ten Old Maids: And Five of Them Were Wise, and Five of Them Were Foolish. A Novel

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G. W. Carleton & Company, 1874 - 406 pagina's
 

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Pagina 42 - SUMMER is a-coming in: Loud sing cuckoo. Groweth seed and bloweth mead, And springeth the wood anew. Sing cuckoo ! Ewe bleateth after lamb, Loweth after calf the cow, Bullock starteth, buck verteth: Merry sing cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo, well singest thou, cuckoo: Nor cease thou never now: Sing cuckoo, now, sing cuckoo, Sing cuckoo, sing cuckoo, now!
Pagina 385 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Pagina 306 - Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Pagina 28 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Pagina 16 - Or here to-morrow will he come. O somewhere, meek unconscious dove, That sittest ranging golden hair ; And glad to find thyself so fair, Poor child, that waitest for thy love ! For now her father's chimney glows In expectation of a guest ; And thinking
Pagina 294 - I'll forgive your Highland chief, My daughter ! — oh my daughter...
Pagina 9 - Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.
Pagina 293 - Now who be ye, would cross Lochgyle, This dark and stormy water ? " "Oh, I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And...

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