But wherefore one's age be revealing ? Leave that to the Registry books. A man — is as old as he's feeling; A woman, as old as she looks; Don't eagles live longer than rooks ? Besides, in this festival season 'Tis fit that great truths should be told... The Inn of Strange Meetings, and Other Poems - Página 165por Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 190 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1870 - 810 páginas
...fifty He seldom breaks into his nights, And is apt to be studiously thrifty Of violent delights. rv. But wherefore one's age be revealing ? Leave that...young' — for this reason, They cannot grow old. MORTIMER COLLINS. MY BEST CHRISTMAS-BOX. I DON'T know how it came to pass, but I certainly contrived... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1869 - 826 páginas
...studiously thrifty Of violent delights. rv. But wherefore one's age be revealing? Leave that to the Regiatry books. A man — is as old as he's feeling ; A woman,...longer than rooks? Besides, in this festival season 'Tie fit that great truths should be told : ' Whom the gods love, die young ' — for this reason.... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1870 - 800 páginas
...studiously thrifty Of violent delights. rv. But wherefore one's age be revealing ? Leave that to tho Registry books. A man — is as old as he's feeling;...longer than rooks? Besides, in this festival season 'Tin fit that great truths should be told : ' Whom the gods love, die young ' — for this reason.... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1877 - 636 páginas
...nights, And is apt to be studiously thrifty Of violent delights. But wherefore one's age be revealing t Leave that to the Registry books. A man is as old...die young' — for this reason They cannot grow old. MORTIMER COLLINS. DRAWING-ROOM AMUSEMENTS. IF ever there was a country which stood in need of indoor... | |
| University magazine - 1877 - 810 páginas
...which date he was attaining what in most cases are reckoned years of discretion, being twentyeight. But wherefore one's age be revealing? Leave that to...is as old as he's feeling ; A woman as old as she looki. * # + * * Whom the gods love, die young — for this reason They cannot grow old. The beautiful... | |
| 1877 - 832 páginas
...which date he wasattaining what in most cases are reckoned years of discretion, being twentyeight. But wherefore one's age be revealing? Leave that to...is as old as he's feeling ; A woman as old as she looki. * * * . # * Whom the gods love, die young— for this reason They cannot grow old. The beautiful... | |
| Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1877 - 192 páginas
...The melancholy news that we are old. But wherefore our Age be revealing ? Leave that to the Eegistry books ; A man is as old as he's feeling, A woman as old as she looks ! Mortimer Collins. ON DEAN SWIFT'S LEGACY. He left to Ireland all he had To build a house for fools... | |
| Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 páginas
...to fifty He seldom breaks into his nights, And is apt to be studiously thrifty Of violent delights. But wherefore one's age be revealing ? Leave that...young" — for this reason, They cannot grow old. MORTIMER COLLINS. T he Inn of Strange Meetings. (K. Paul.) HOLLY AND MISTLETOE HOLLY and mistletoe,... | |
| 1909 - 448 páginas
...public reference to an interval so widely dividing girlhood from matronage : — Why should we our age be revealing ? Leave that to the registry books...old as he's feeling, A woman as old as she looks. . It is distinctly noticeable that in a general way waitresses carry their age much more serenely than... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1915 - 150 páginas
...Old Hecuba young Helen. W. COWPER (from the Greek Anthology). The Unknown Quantity O WHEREFORE our age be revealing ? Leave that to the registry books ! A man is as old as he 's feeling, A woman as old as she looks. MORTIMER COLLINS. Celia CEIIA, we know, is sixty-five,... | |
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