 They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight and tall ; They laced her up, they starved her down, To make her light and small; They pinched her feet, they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins; — Oh, never mortal suffered more In...  Social Life in Old New England - 449. oldalszerző: Mary Caroline Crawford - 1914 - 515 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 oldal
...girl 'Twas in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins — O never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 oldal
...school ; 'Twas in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — O, never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 oldal
...school ; 'T was in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — O never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 oldal
...school ; 'T was in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — O never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 oldal
...school ; 'T was in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — O, never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins ! So, when my precious aunt was done, My... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 oldal
...school ; 'T was in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — 0 never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My... | |
 | 1855 - 724 oldal
...thirteenth Juno ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towela and a spoon." They braced my annt against a board, To make her straight and tall; '...they starved her down, To make her light and small ; i They pinched her feet, they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; O never mortal suffered... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 oldal
...school ; 'T was in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair They screwed it up with pins ; — O never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 oldal
...school ; 'Twas in her thirteenth June ; And with her, as the rules required, " Two towels and a spoon." They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight...they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins; — O never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire... | |
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