 but the dinner is swallowed, And digested, I trust ; for 'tis now nine and more : So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now will your Ladyship so condescend As just to inform me if you intend...  Nothing to Wear: An Episode in City Life - Page 29by William Allen Butler - 1857 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...n't need cleaning. She turned as I entered — "Why Harry, you sinner, 1 thought that you went to tUe Flashers' to dinner!" " So I did," I replied, " but the dinner is swallowed, And digested, 1 trust, for 't is now nine and more, So, being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1857 - 328 pages
...usual — I found ; 1 won't say — I caught her — Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned...Harry, you sinner, I thought that you went to the Flasher's to dinner !" " So I did," I replied, " but the dinner is swallowed, And digested, I trust,... | |
 | English literature - 1858 - 784 pages
...Than usual— I found ; I won't say — I caught her— Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned...more ; So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now will your ladyship so condescend As just... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...usual — I found ; I won't say — I caught her — Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned...more, So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now will your ladyship so condescend As just... | |
 | William Evans Burton - Wit and humor - 1859 - 690 pages
...sinner, I thought that you went to the Flasher's to dinner !" " So I did," I replied, " but the dinner in swallowed, And digested, I trust, for 'tis now nine...more, So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now will your ladyship so condescend As just... | |
 | William Allen Butler - American poetry - 1862 - 76 pages
...I won't say — I caught her — Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning Nothing to Wear. 29 To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned...more, So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. 30 Nothing to Wear. t And now will your ladyship... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...Than usual — I found ; I won't say, I caught her — Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned...more ; So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now will your ladyship so condescend As just... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - Wit and humor - 1867 - 674 pages
...usual — I found ; 1 won't say — I caught her — Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it didn't need cleaning. She turned as I entered — " Why, Harry, you Dinner, I thought that you went to the Flasher's to dinner !" " So I did," I replied, " but the dinner... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...usual — I found — 1 won't say ; I caught her — Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps it did'nt need cleaning. She turned...more, So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now will your ladyship so condescend As just... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...shorter Than usual — I found (I wont say, I caught) her Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if, perhaps, it didn't need cleaning. She turned,...more ; So being relieved from that duty, I followed Inclination, which led me, you see, to your door. And now, will your ladyship so condescend As just... | |
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