 As thus they try their rival forces In whips, and carriages, and horses. What though their mistresses should fret, Be frightened, trampled on, or wet ? How, but by prancing in the mud, Can pampered cattle show their blood ? Honor's at stake ; — and...  Almack's: A Novel - Page 207by Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1827Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 876 pages
...comfort, Safety, or health, or any sum for'tf The bills, 'tis true, to those up-stairs, Are tomewhat heavy, for repairs ; But courage, coachmen ! Such...disasters Are not your business, but your masters'. Now many a pleasant hungry sinner Finds tapering off the' accustomed dinner, And reads no more, on... | |
 | Henry Luttrell - 1820 - 248 pages
...their blood ? Honor's at stake; — and what is comfort, Safety, or health, or any sum for't ? 1.8 The bills, 'tis true, to those up-stairs, Are somewhat...disasters Are not your business, but your masters'. Now many a pleasant hungry sinner Finds tapering off the' accustomed dinner, And reads no more, on... | |
 | 1820 - 730 pages
...Safety, or health, or any sum for't ? The bills, 'tis true, to those up-stairs, Are Kmnchat hrary, for repairs ; But courage, coachmen ! Such disasters Are not your business, but your masters'. Now many a pleasant hungry sinner Finds tapering off the' accustomed dinner. And reads no more, on... | |
 | Henry Luttrell - 1822 - 306 pages
...their blood ? Honour 's at stake ; — and what is comfort, Safety, or health, or any sum for 't ? The bills, 'tis true, to those up-stairs, Are somewhat heavy, for repairs ; But courage, Jehu ! Such disasters Are not your business, but your master's. Now many a pleasant hungry sinner Finds... | |
 | Charles White - 1827 - 244 pages
...carriages, and horses. What tho' their mistresses should fret, Be frighten d, trampled on, or wet ; How, out by prancing in the mud, Can pamper'd cattle show their...written yesterday evening in the Countess of N 's opera box, by that distinguished traveller, the Earl of K :" Uimiuiih'i I to her class— her gla",... | |
 | Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson, Charles White - 1827 - 630 pages
...Safety, or health, or any sum for't ? The bills, 'tis true, to those up. stairs, Are somewhat heary for repairs ; But courage, coachmen ! such disasters..." The next day the following lines appeared in the Manning Post, said to be "written yesterday evening, in the Countess of N 's opera-box, by that distinguished... | |
 | Charles White - 1827 - 616 pages
...and what is comfort, Safety, or health, or any sum for't ? The hills, 'tis true, to those up- \taira, Are somewhat heavy for repairs ; But courage, coachmen...disasters Are not your business, but your masters'. " j " How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The beaux and belles that trace the midway tier Shine... | |
 | 1820 - 990 pages
...trampled on, or wet ? How, but by prancing in the mud, Can pampered cattle show their blood ? Honor's at stake ; — and what is comfort, Safety, or health,...disasters Are not your business, but your masters'. Now many a pleasant hungry sinner Finds tapering off the' accustomed dinner, And reads no more, on... | |
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