 We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them into water, and the first that rose up was to be our Valentine. Would you think it?— Mr. Blossom was my man. I lay a-bed and shut my eyes all the morning till...  The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Page 262edited by Full view - About this book
 | 1774 - 296 pages
...went to bed, eat it {hell and all, without fpeaking or drinking after it. We alfo wrote our lovers names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them into water ; and the firft that rofe up was to be our Valentine. Would you think it ? Mr. BloJJom was my man : and I lay... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 1168 pages
...drinking after it, and this was to have the same effect with the bay-leaves. We also wrote our lovers names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay,...Valentine. Would you think it ? Mr. Blossom was my man: and 1 lay a. bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for 1 would not have... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 214 pages
...went to bed, eat it shell and all, without speaking or drinking after it. We also wrote our lovers names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay,...Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man: and I lay a-bed and shut my eyes all the morning, until he came to our house ; for I would not have... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 270 pages
...it, and this was to have the same effect with the bay- Leaves. We also wroteour lovers names uponbits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them...Valentine. Would you think it ? Mr. Blossom was my man ; and I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 270 pages
...the first that rose up, was to be our Valentine. Would you think it ? Mr. Blossom was my man ; and I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he cam« to our house ; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world. Dear Mr. Town,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...it : and this was to have the same effect with the leaves. We also wrote our lovers' names upon hits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them...Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man : and I lay in bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...drinking after it, afid this was to have the same effect with th< bay-leaves. We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and p&t them into waiter ; and the first that rose up was to he our Valentine 1 / Some rural ceremonies... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 422 pages
...drinking after it, and this was to have the same effect with the bay-leaves. We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay,...Valentine. Would you think it ? Mr. Blossom was my man ; and I lay a-bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to. our house; for I would not have... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 530 pages
...with the bay-leaves. We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clav, and put them into water ; and the first that rose...Valentine. Would you think it? Mr. Blossom was my man; and I lay a -bed and shut my eyes all the morning, till he came to our house ; for I would not have... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...to bed, -ate it, shell -and all, without speaking or drinking -altar it. We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay,...morning, till he came to our house, for I would not hare seen any other man before him for all the world." The practice of sitting cross-legged, and sending'... | |
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