 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 92 páginas
...half he murmured, — " Is there none, Of all my halls have nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one eup to bring Of blessed water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" xxx. O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uneertain, eoy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade... | |
 | Joseph Holt Ingraham - 1839 - 280 páginas
...found use for them! I consider my coat altogether comme il faut. But woman's tact and penetration! Oh, woman! " In our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please!" Fortune favor the wretch who has to pass the ordeal of your inquisitive and searching glance! I foresaw... | |
 | John O'Brien Grant - 1839 - 220 páginas
...pocket, began to feel its influence, and dropped, insensibly, into a heavy slumber. CHAPTER XXIII. Oh, Woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ! When pain and sorrow wring the brow A ministering angel thou ! Sm WALTER SCOTT. THE princess flew... | |
 | 1840 - 368 páginas
...forth a lowly moan, And half he murmur'd, " Is there none, VOL. II.— U Of all my halls have nursed, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of blessed water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst !" Oh, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade... | |
 | Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1840 - 246 páginas
...favourites ; they go down much better than them old-fashioned staves o* Watts, '. Oh woman, in our hour of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quirenng aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel them." If I didn't... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1841 - 324 páginas
...those brave fellows who though in agony, silently but significantly expressed their gratitude. " Oh woman in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard...please. And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspin made, When pain and anguish wring the brow A minist'ring angel thou." Mrs. Drummond had a wonderful... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 páginas
...Till pain wrung forth a lowly moan, And half he murmur'd, — " Is there none, Of all my halls have 'for no threats.'— 'No?' said she ; 'and ye did leave that sword, Queen Ouencver !" XXX. O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 380 páginas
...Till pain wrung forth a lowly moan, And half he murmur'd, — " Is there none, Of all my halls have nurst, Page, squire, or groom, one cup to bring Of...water from the spring, To slake my dying thirst!" 25» XXX. O, Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 358 páginas
...day. Go, visit thou, in their distress, THE WIDOW and the FATHERLESS. 1830. A TALE WITHOUT A NAME. " O woman ! in our hours of ease. Uncertain, coy, and hard to please ; — When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " SCOTT'* Marmion, canto vi.... | |
 | 1841 - 300 páginas
...cheered and supported the dreary path which leads to the grave. The poet was mistaken when he sung — " O woman, in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please." That is a calumny upon their virtues ; but he does them justice when he adds: — • " When pain and... | |
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O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made : When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou... 
