Would you know how first he met her ? She was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And, for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled... Miscellanies: Prose and Verse - Seite 64von William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1918
...here, Alive and merry at forty year, Dipping my nose in the Gascon wine. SORROWS OF WERTHER Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains... | |
 | Leonard Feinberg - 1978 - 205 Seiten
...instance, the following example of nonsense verse; aggression is present The Sorrows of Werther Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sigh'd and pined and ogled, And his passion boil'd and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out,... | |
 | Martin Swales - 1987 - 116 Seiten
...scene in the novel (which gave rise to a whole number of contemporary engravings and pictures): Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...first he 'met her? She was cutting bread and butter. The rhyme that yokes together 'never utter' with 'bread and butter' is masterly. And the 'bread and... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1132 Seiten
...captive Englishman. (1. 29—32) AmFN; FaPON; GN; OnMSP; OPP; PAH The Sorrows of Werther 3 Werther hing life, And black with more than melancholy views. 8 Lo, thus, as prostrate, (1. 1-4) BLPA; CenHV; FaBoCo; FiBHP; FPL; NA; NBLV; NOBL; NOBW; OBD 131 How dull it is to pause, to... | |
 | Peter France - 2001 - 656 Seiten
...Thackeray in his famous parody of one of the most well-known scenes from the novel in his verses: Werther had a love for Charlotte, Such as words could never utter. Would you know how he first met her? She was cutting bread and butter. Of modern translations, the version by Victor Lange... | |
 | Elliott Oring - 2003 - 208 Seiten
...poem was included in popular anthologies of the time, probably few people would know it today: Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passions boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled. Charlotte,... | |
 | Roger Lewis - 2004 - 434 Seiten
...real self remained unknown. As I left the St Giles house, the one-man chorus was declaiming: Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...her? She was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person Went on cutting bread... | |
 | Isabella Valancy Crawford - 2006 - 334 Seiten
...Makepeace Thackeray's burlesque, "Sorrows of Werther," cited in Steinhauer's "Afterword" 107: Werther had a love for Charlotte, Such as words could never...utter. Would you know how first he met her? She was cutt1ng bread and butter. She tried to speak, but the cords of her tongue seemed stiffened, and she... | |
 | 1943 - 124 Seiten
...pigtail hangs behind him — WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863) The Sorrows of Werther WERTHER had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sigh'd and pined and ogled, And his passion boil'd and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899
...Jiuiiuie ; But as for little Bill he made him The Captain of a Seventy-three. SORROWS OF WERTHER. Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never...man was Werther, And, for all the wealth of Indies, So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains... | |
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