We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them into water ; and the first that rose up was to be our valentine. Would you think it ? — Mr Blossom was my man. I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning,... The British Essayists: The Connoisseur - Strona 43autor: Alexander Chalmers - 1802Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| 1755 - Liczba stron: 716
...I lay a-bed and (hut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our houfe ; for J would not have fecn another man before him for all the world. Dear Mr....our fortune by, do put them in your paper. My mamma laugh* at.us, and fays, there i» nothing in them 5 but I *m fure there is, for fcveral mi (Tea at... | |
| 1774 - Liczba stron: 296
...lay a-bed and fhut my eyes ail the morning, 'till he came to our houfe ; for I would not have feen another man before him for all the world. DEAR Mr....you know any other ways to try our fortune 'by, do but put them in your paper. My mamma laughs at Us, and fays there is nothing in them ; but I am fure... | |
| 1803 - Liczba stron: 214
...Blossom was my man: and I lay a-bed and shut my eyes all the morning, until he came to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world. Dear Mr. Town, if you know any other way to try our fortune by, do but put them in your paper. My mamma laughs at us, and says there is... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - Liczba stron: 312
...first that rose up, was to be our Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man : and I lay in bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world. Dear Mr. Town, if yon know any other... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - Liczba stron: 854
...Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man ; and I lay abed, and shut my eyes all the mormng, till he came to our house; for 1 would not have seen another man before him for all the world. t " Dear Mr. Town, if you know any other ways to try our fortune by, do put them in your paper. My... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - Liczba stron: 530
...and the first that rose up was to be our Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man; and I lay a -bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world. ' Dear Mr. Town, if you know any other... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - Liczba stron: 414
...that rose up was to be our Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man ; and I lay a-bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the, world. Dear Mr. Town, if you know any other... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - Liczba stron: 968
...that rose up was to be our Valentine — would you think it ! Mr. Blossom was my man ! I lay a-bed, and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house, for I would not hare seen any other man before him for all the world." The practice of sitting cross-legged,... | |
| 1824 - Liczba stron: 486
...that roue up was to be our Valentine — would you think it ! Mr. Blossom was my man ! I lay a-bed, and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house, for I would not have seen any other man before him for all the world." The practice of sitting cross-legged,... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - Liczba stron: 842
...first that rose up was tobe our valentine. Would you think it, Mr. Blossom was my man. I lay a-bed there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The I would not have seen another man before him tor all the world." Shakspeare bears witness to the custom... | |
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