 | 1823 - 746 páginas
...OMNES. Do — do — Sing away. — HOGG. (Sings to the tune of Deny down.') • THE DEVONSHIRE LANE. IN a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along, T'other...lane. 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... | |
 | 1823 - 758 páginas
...Loaning." OMNE8. Do— do — Sing away. — HOGG. {Sings to the tune of Derry down.) THE DEVONSHIRE LANE. IN a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along, T'other...• • 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... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1823 - 386 páginas
...fruition still to burn In the unsated love of knowledge infinite. 1G2 163 THE DEVONSHIRE LANE. A SIMILE. IN a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along, T'other...lane. 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... | |
 | 1862 - 670 páginas
...criminal turued — he ¿ato hit own face t IN n Devonshire lane, as I trotted along T'other clay, much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself,...lane. In the first place, 'tis long ; and 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... | |
 | 1896 - 926 páginas
...much in want of a subject for song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain. Sure marriage is just like a Devonshire lane. In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may... | |
 | Samuel Rowe - 1848 - 348 páginas
...which is much less extensively known than its merit* deserve, will, I am satisfied, require no apology. In a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along T'other day,...lane. In the first place 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast, as a cage does a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty, the road... | |
 | Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 páginas
...and all will be found harmony and completeness. IN a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along 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... | |
 | 1907 - 678 páginas
...difficulties and dangers. The condition of these lanes is noted by the Rev. J. Marriott in his ' Marriage is like a Devonshire Lane ' : — • In the first place, 'tis long, and when you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road... | |
 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - 1854 - 522 páginas
...beautiful. Omnes. Do—do—sing away. Hogg (sings to the tune of Derry down). THE DEVONSHIRE LANE. In a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along, T'other...lane. In the first, place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet; * Merivale subsequently translated... | |
 | E. Croydon - 1854 - 312 páginas
...of the lanes near Marldon admirably illustrate the late Rev. J. Marriott's well-known lines : — " In a Devonshire lane, as I trotted along T'other day,...to myself, I have hit on a strain ; Sure Marriage ls much like a Devonshire lane. " In the first place 'tis long; and when once you are in it, It holds... | |
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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 Devonshire lane. 
