 I should mention just here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil...  Titan - Page 6291858Full view - About this book
 | William Allen Butler - 1857 - 80 pages
...here, that out ot Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal .1 . _ •• . • ».. • • • . ' • . ' ' • . I • . ' • . ' ...•• - * ""''' iTO... | |
 | William Allen Butler - 1857 - 70 pages
...here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called "her affections,"... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by...styling "her heart." So we were engaged. Our troth Lad been plighted, Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But iu a front parlour, most... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by...Which Miss Flora persisted in styling "her heart." 608 J engaged. Our troth had been plighted, nbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, jnt parlour, most... | |
 | William Allen Butler - 1862 - 76 pages
...here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal Nothing to Wear. 21 On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she... | |
 | 1867 - 530 pages
...here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by...which she called ' her affections, And that rather decay'd, but well-known work of art, Which Miss Flora persisted in styling ' her heart.' So we were... | |
 | Smith H. Platt - 1867 - 172 pages
...of such overwhelming despair." Again, when speaking " Of those fossil remains which she called her l affections/ And that rather decayed, but well-known...Which Miss Flora persisted in styling 'her heart," he has well painted the results of such indulgence. And in proportion to the deadening of the natural... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, 18* I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by...called her " affections," And that rather decayed, but well known work of art, Which Miss Flora persisted in styling her " heart." So we were engaged. Our... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...Of those fossil remains which she called her " affections," And that rather decayed, but well known work of art, Which Miss Flora persisted in styling...or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-fixtures we whispered our love. Without any romance,... | |
 | Charles Nordhoff - 1868 - 248 pages
...endurance and loving sacrifice, of all gentleness and goodness, are not extinct but only slumbering in "That rather decayed but well-known work of Art, Which Miss Flora persisted in calling her heart." Perhaps some day, in some decennial panic, she too may be fortunately ruined ;... | |
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