I have been prudent and cautious to an astounding degree; I swore her, privately and solemnly, never to attempt any claim on me as a husband, even though anybody should persuade her she had such a claim, which she has not, neither during my life, nor... The Cornhill Magazine - Seite 421herausgegeben von - 1879Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1907 - 508 Seiten
...glory. But, as I always am on every occasion, I have been prudent and cautious to an astonishing degree. I swore her privately and solemnly never to attempt...even though anybody should persuade her she had such (which she had not), neither during my life nor after my death. She did all this like a good girl,... | |
| 1907 - 504 Seiten
...But, äs I always am on every occasion, I have been prudent and cautious to an astonishing degree. I swore her privately and solemnly never to attempt any claim on me äs a husbaud, even though anybody should persuade her she had such (which she had not), neither during... | |
| Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 Seiten
...guinea. But (as I always am on every occasion) I have been prudent and cautious to an astonishing degree: I swore her privately and solemnly never to attempt...should persuade her she had such a claim, which she had not — neither during my life nor after my death. She did all this like a good girl, and" . .... | |
| Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 Seiten
...guinea. But (as I always am on every occasion) I have been prudent and cautious to an astonishing degree: I swore her privately and solemnly never to attempt any claim on me as a husband—even though anybody should persuade her she had such a claim, which she had not—neither... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 806 Seiten
...Monday. She once named you, which kept me from falling asleep. I drank your health in a glass of ale—as the lasses do at Hallowe'en—' with mysel'.' " Arrived...though anybody should persuade her she had such a claim—which she has not, neither during my life nor after my death. She did all this like a good... | |
| William Henry Thorne - 1886 - 194 Seiten
...Kind, of course; but this is the way he himself describes it in writing to a new female friend : " I have taken her a room ; I have taken her to my arms...my death. She did all this like a good girl." And he did it all like a cold-blooded scoundrel. Meantime, while Jean was bringing his and her third child... | |
| John Stuart Blackie - 1888 - 250 Seiten
...— as I always am on every occasion — I have been prudent and cautious to an astounding degree ; I swore her, privately and solemnly, never to attempt...should persuade her she had such a claim, which she had not, neither during my life, nor after my death. She did all this like a good girl." 1 What are... | |
| Charles Rogers - 1891 - 412 Seiten
...ocaasion) I have been prudent and cautious to an astonishing degree. I swore her solemnly and privately never to attempt any claim on me as a husband —...should persuade her she had such a claim, which she had not — neither during my life, nor after my death. She did all this like a good girl. . . . I... | |
| Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1892 - 322 Seiten
...— as I always am on every occasion — I have been prudent and cautious to an astounding degree. I swore her privately and solemnly never to attempt...should persuade her she had such a claim, which she had not, neither during my life nor after my death. She did all this like a good girl." Such conduct... | |
| Robert Burns - 1893 - 354 Seiten
...had reconciled Jean to her mother, and had taken her to his arms, after having prudently sworn her " never to attempt any claim on me as a husband — even though anybody should persuade her that she had such a claim, which she had not — neither during my life nor after 1 This passage occurs... | |
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