 | 680 ページ
...father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. t Some traditions of Fred still linger about Epsom. An obelisk (the flint of which went to face St.... | |
 | 1822 - 496 ページ
...father, I had much rather : Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...alive and is dead, — There's no more to be said. Many of the anecdotes scattered over the epitome of Parliamentary debates, and the history of political... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 ページ
...Father, I had much rather; Had it been his Brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his Sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...alive and is dead, — There's no more to be said. IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CHURCH, Upon a rudely-sculptured monumeot, near the tomb of Shaktpeare. Hie... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 306 ページ
...father, 1 had much rather ; Had it been his broiher, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...was alive and is dead, There's no more to be said. Georgeon Era. ,. -Adelphi-Ривг««- before Seven.— Surrey-Sadler's Welb-J/aí/pwí Stx. Cobwg-^erífr... | |
 | 1832 - 616 ページ
...father, 1 hnd much rather : Had it been hiï brother, Still better than another ; Had it been hie sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole generation. Still better far the nation ; But since 'tie only Fred, Who was alive, and is dend, There's no more to be said.... | |
 | 1832 - 592 ページ
...Had it been Ilia brother. Still belter than another ; Had it been hu aiater, No one would have misled her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation ; Bot lince -tía only Fred, Who «ai оНте, and it dead, There't no more to be aaid. The violent... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 266 ページ
...Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have miss'd her ; Had it been the whole generation, Still better...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said !" Walpole says, his chief passion was women ; and that, like the taste of his family, beauty did not... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1857 - 672 ページ
...father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...alive and is dead — There's no more to be said. Terse and expressive, this elegy, without respect of persons. Racy enough, whatever its offences against... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 ページ
...father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. Some traditions of Fred still linger about Epsom. An obelisk (the flint of which went to face St. Martin's... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 618 ページ
...father, I had much rather ; Had it been his brother, Still better than another ; Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her ; Had it been the whole...But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive and is dead — There is no more to be said." — E. well ! " — he replied, " I feel something here, just as... | |
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Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation.... 
