 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...  Child Life in Colonial Days - עמוד 113מאת Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 418 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | London Mayfair - 1874 - 468 דפים
...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...never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. MY AUNT. 153 So, when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire brought her back ; (By daylight, lest... | |
 | 1875 - 432 דפים
...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...never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire brought her back ; 8" MY AUNT. (By daylight, lest... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 436 דפים
...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...light and small ; They pinched her feet, they singed he' hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — O never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins.... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 דפים
...— '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...starved her down, To make her light and small ; They pinch'd her feet, they singed her Lair, They screw'd it up with pins ; — Oh, never mortal suffer'd... | |
 | Charles Henry Jones - 1876 - 424 דפים
...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...never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire brought her back ; MY AUNT. (By daylight, lest some... | |
 | 1881 - 520 דפים
...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...never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins. So, when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire brought her back ; (By daylight, lest some rabid youth... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1881 - 410 דפים
...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 and tall ; Theylaced herup, they starved herdown, To make her light and small ; They pinched her feet, they... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 334 דפים
...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...never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins ! So, when my precious aunt was done, My grandsire brought her back (By daylight, lest some rabid youth... | |
 | John Hamer - 1883 - 338 דפים
...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...and tall ; They laced her up, they starved her down, They pinched her feet, they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins ; — Oh, never mortal suffered... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 734 דפים
...her to a stylish school ; 'T was in her thirteenth June ; Vnd with her, as the rules required, rhey 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... | |
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