 | Waldo Howard - 1850 - 310 pages
...his desire. But Walter, in the meantime, kept on the even tenor of his way, thinking no doubt — " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away." How many have been situated like Walter Manning, and how many have said these very words in their hearts... | |
 | James Pagan - Glasgow (Scotland) - 1851 - 310 pages
...heavenly justice of " means and substance," till the distracted tenant may exclaim with Macheath — " How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away." Seriously, this is only one of many good arguments for an amalgamation of parishes, and an uniform... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1853 - 386 pages
...answer that. You are annoyed, Herbert, I can see. Did the Misses Banham weary you ? Or are you thinking, How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away ? • Suppose you toss up." " Hang the Banhams !" exclaimed Herbert pettishly. "For shame, Herbert!... | |
 | Fanny Fern - 1854 - 426 pages
...bewildered eyes from one exquisite organization to another, and frantically and diplomatically exclaim — "How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away ! " " What kind of a time would the women have, were there only one man in the world ? " What kind... | |
 | Fanny Fern - 1854 - 420 pages
...bewildered eyes from one exquisite organization to another, and frantically and diplomatically exclaim — "How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away ! " "What kind of a time would the women have, were there only one man in the world ? " What kind of... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 pages
...and the comic Muses, he pays court to both, not in succession but at once ; and instead of singing, " How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away," he makes himself happy in the dual number, and will on no account let go his hold of either. Amusing... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 pages
...that wake.1 Solomon, book iii. PRIOR. Himself a host. Iliad, bk. iii, and bk. ix. POPE'S translation. How happy could I be with either Were 'tother dear charmer away. Song — Beggar1* Opera. GAY. Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, 0.... | |
 | lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley - 1856 - 516 pages
...comparatively insignificant individual. Perhaps he was mentally hissing over Macheath's song,— " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away." However, presently, after the lapse of a very few moments, the serpent began to make up for any little... | |
 | Henry Wikoff - 1856 - 330 pages
...exclusive possession of the President, who assumed the complacent demeanour of Captain Macheath — " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away." The Republican party, all this while, avoided contact with the President, and frequented his fetes... | |
 | 1856 - 262 pages
...somme dat. Douze mille cinq cents francs. CD (Laughing; his two arms imprisoned by his new friends) " How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away." A few minutes ago I might have starved, and now I've the choice of two dinners and a supper. Gentlemen... | |
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How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away! 
