Doctor's as drunk as the d ," we said, And we managed a shutter to borrow ; We raised him, and sigh'd at the thought that his head Would " consumedly ache " on the morrow. We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told his wife and his daughter... The bane of a life - Page 117by Thomas Wright - 1870Full view - About this book
| 1826 - 450 pages
...thought that his Would consuniedly ache on the morrow [head We hore him home and we put him to hed, And we told his wife and his daughter To give him next morning a couple of red Herrings with snda water. Loudly they talk'd of his money that's gone, And his Lid y hegan to uphraid... | |
| 1826 - 696 pages
...borrow, We rais'd him and »igh'd at the thought that hii head, Would confoundedly ache on the morrow. We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told his wile and M» d.iu^hter, To give him next nioruiu^, a roupie of lledHerriugi, — with Sud, i- VV.it... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1837 - 644 pages
...of finding and carrying home an inebriate on a window-shutter. One stanza we especially remember: * We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told...his daughter To give him, next morning, a couple of red Herrings, with soda-water/ The subjoined capital parody on í Jessie the Flower of Dunblane,' was... | |
| 1837 - 648 pages
...of finding and carrying home an inebriate on a window-shutter. One stanza we especially remember : ' We bore him home, and we put him to bed. And we told his wife and bis daughter To give him, next morning, a couple of red Herrings, with soda-water.' The subjoined capital... | |
| 1837 - 682 pages
...of finding and carrying home an inebriate on a window-shutter. One stanza we especially remember : ' We bore him home, and we put him to bed. And we told his wife end his daughter To give him, next morning, a couple of red Herrings, with soda-water.' The subjoined... | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby - 1840 - 384 pages
...borrow ; We raised him and sigh'd at the thought that his head Would " consumedly ache " on the morrow. We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told...his daughter To give him next morning a couple of red Herrings with soda-water. Loudly they talk'd of his money that 's gone, And his Lady began to upbraid... | |
| Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...borrow ; We rais'd him, and sighed at the thought that his head Would dreadfully ache on the morrow. We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told his wife and daughter, To give him next morning a couple of redHerrings, with soda water. Loudly they talked of... | |
| British minstrel - 1848 - 480 pages
...borrow : We raised him, and sighed at the thought that his head Would so dreadfully ache on the morrow. We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told his wife and daughter To give him next morning a couple of redHerrings, with soda-water. Loudly they talked of his... | |
| 1849 - 970 pages
...a stanza in a parody on the burial of Sir JOHN MOORE : . 'WE bore him home, and put him to bed, And told his wife and his daughter To give him, next morning, a couple of red Herring, with soda-water I' What ' trials' soever the gold-seeker may encounter, he will be spared... | |
| 1852 - 650 pages
...borrow ; We rais'd him, and sigh'd at the thought that his head Would consumedly ache on the morrow. * We bore him home, and we put him to bed, And we told...his daughter To give him next morning a couple of red — Herrings and soda-water. «• Loudly they talk of his money that's gone, And his lady began... | |
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