 T'other day, much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself, I haye hit on a strain, Sure Marriage is much like a Devonshire lane.  Old Country Life - Side 205af Sabine Baring-Gould - 1890 - 358 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1823 - 746 sider
...lane, as I trotted along, T'other day, much in want of a subject for song ; Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a...and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1823 - 386 sider
...lane, as I trotted along, T'other day, much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a...and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet, For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | 1823 - 758 sider
...lane, as I trotted along, T'other day, much in want of a subject for song ; Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a...and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | 1823 - 762 sider
...In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning round. But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1823 - 388 sider
...In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet, For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning round. But tho' 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that... | |
 | 1836 - 352 sider
...by the rain, Sure marriage is just like a Devonshire lane. In the first place it is long, and when you are in it It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet ; While, however rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning... | |
 | 1862 - 670 sider
...lane, as I trotted along T'other clay, much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire...when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cnge does a linnet ; But howe'cr rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must —... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 sider
...MIRROR. In the first place, 'tis long; and when once you are m it, U huida you as fuel as a cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found. Drive forward you must, for there'» no turning round ! But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide ; For two are the most... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1848 - 248 sider
...SPINSTER AND SWAIN MAY HERE ASCERTAIN How MARRIAGE RESEMBLES A DEVONSHIRE LANE. " In the first place 't is long, and when once you are in it It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough aud dirty the road may be found. Drive forward you must,... | |
 | Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 sider
...1° other day, much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself, perhaps inspired by the rain, Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane ! In the first place, 't is long ; and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er... | |
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