 Would shut up shop, in these our polish' d nations, And have no business to transact, at all ! In such an instance, what, pray, would become Of all our reverend Clergy ? — They would be thought uncommonly hum-drum, And banish'd, in a trice, Who, zealously,...  Poetical Vagaries: Containing An Ode to We, a Hackney'd Critick;Low Ambition ... - Pagina 121di George Colman - 1818 - 217 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | George Colman - 1814 - 246 pagine
...nothing, till they took to sinning : But after Adam's slip, — the first was Eve's, — With sorrow big, Whereby, we find That, when all things were recent,...trades, and avocations, Would shut up shop, in these our polish' d nations, And have no business to transact, at all ! In such an instance, what, pray, would... | |
 | George Colman - 1834 - 358 pagine
...Sin brought Shame; And all through Shame our Dresses came; With that sad Stopper of our breath, » Now, had not Woman work'd our fall, How many, who...trades, and avocations, Would shut up shop, in these our polishe'd nations, And have no business to transact, at all ! In such an instance, what, pray, would... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pagine
...can't do good, she must do harm. Hon. G. Lamb. Now, had not woman work'd our fall, How many, who bave trades, and avocations, Would shut up shop, in these...what, pray, would become Of all our reverend clergy r They would be thought uncommonly hum-drum, And banish'd, in a trice, Who, zealously, for pay, should... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pagine
...shame our dresses came, — With that sad stopper of our breath, Death ! Now, had not woman worked And the giant shadow of Camel's Hump, The blasted pine and the ghostly stump, Afar o polished nations, And have no business to transact at all ! CEORCB COLMAJI. AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY. Or... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pagine
...shame our dresses came, — With that sad stopper of our breath, Death ! Now, bad not woman worked OUT ord and Company polished nations, And have no business to transact at all ! GEORGE COLMAN. AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY. OF... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pagine
...Nought can to peace the busy female charm, And if she can't do good, she must do harm. Hon. G. Lamb. Now, had not woman work'd our fall, How many, who...clergy ? They would be thought uncommonly hum-drum. And banish'd, in a trice, Who, zealously, for pay, should urge ye Not to be vicious, if there were no vice... | |
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1889 - 516 pagine
...caused sin and sin brought shame, And all through shame our dresses came. Now had not woman worked our fall, How many who have trades and avocations Would shut up shop in these our polished nations And have no business to transact at all ? Thus we find, on looking the matter ovur,... | |
 | 1895 - 768 pagine
...the busy female charm, And if she can t do good, she must do harm, it . G-. Lamb. Now, had not woinaa work'd our fall, How many, who have trades, and avocations,...what, pray, would become Of all our reverend clergy H They would be thought uncommonly hum-drumAnd banish'd, in a trice, Who, zealously, for pay, should... | |
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