 Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.  Every Saturday - Страница 691874Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 страници
...Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." ' you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker...run in alphabetical order exactly.' And so they do." Byron's estimate of life at the same age, is somewhat different : " Too old for youth — too young,... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 страници
...wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." " ' And now,' said he, as I was writing them down, 'you taay see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker...run in alphabetical order exactly.' And so they do." Byron's estimate of life at the same age, is somewhat different : " Too old for youth — too young,... | |
 | 1861 - 632 страници
...rfrive O'er the bounds of thirty-five," &c. &c. " And now," he said, when he had got to w for wive, " you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary maker ; you may observe that, "the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly." Tin-re has... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 страници
...wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five ! " " And now," said he, as I was writing them down, " you mav see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker;...that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly." Aud so they do. Dr. Johnson did indeed possess an almost Tuscan power of improvisation. — Crokcr,... | |
 | 1874 - 870 страници
...thirty-five : And all who wisely wish to wive, Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. And now [said he, as I was writing them down], you may see what it is to come...Ballads," and how well the rhythm is caught ! — I therefore pray thee, Renny dear, That thou wilt give to me, With cream and sugar softened well, Another... | |
 | 1874 - 802 страници
...And all who wisely wish to wive, Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. " " And now," said he, as I was writing them down, " you may see what it is to come...Ballads,' and how well the •rhythm is caught ! — " I therefore pray thee, Renny dear, That thou wilt give to me, With cream and sugar softened well, Another... | |
 | 1874 - 804 страници
...Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." "And now," said ho, as I was writing them down, " you may sec what it is to come for poetry to a dictionarymaker...rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly, — and HO they do." His extempore parodies are by no means feats like this, which is really a bundle of valuable... | |
 | 1875 - 540 страници
...without the least hesitation, recited the lines given here. On finishing them, he said, ' And now, you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker...observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order.' And so they do. OFT in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five ; Long may better years arrive,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 страници
...; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." "And now," said he, as I was writing them down, "you may see what it is to come...that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly." — Mrs. Piozzi. When Dr. Percy first published his collection of ancient English ballads, perhaps... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 страници
...thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." "And now," said he, as I was writing them down," you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker; yon may observe that the rhymes run in alphabetical order exactly."—Mrs. Piozzi. When Dr. Percy first... | |
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