 | Christopher Anstey - Bath (England) - 1766 - 152 pages
...the Water like fo many Spaniels, And tho' all the while it grew hotter and hotter, They fwam, juft as if they were hunting an Otter ; 'Twas a glorious...fair Sex All wading with Gentlemen up to their Necks, And view them fo prettily tumble and fprawl ' " In a great fmoaking Kettle as big as o«r Hall : And,... | |
 | Christopher Anstey - Bath (England) - 1807 - 196 pages
...pretty to see them all put on their flannels, And then take the water, like so many spaniels ; And tho' all the while it grew hotter and hotter, They swam...sex All wading with gentlemen, up to their necks, And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl In a great smoking kettle, as big as our hall : And, to-day,... | |
 | Christopher Anstey, John Anstey - 1808 - 600 pages
...pretty to see them all put on their flannels, And then take the water, like so many spaniels; And tho' all the while it grew hotter and hotter, They swam,...fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks, And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl In a great smoking kettle as big as our hall: And to-day,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Bath (England) - 1819 - 398 pages
...• ' - .i- ,. i..- •.;..• • . ''•• !l- * ' •• '• Oh ! 'twas pretty to see them all put on their flannels, And then take the water like...sex, All wading with * gentlemen, up to their necks, , And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl, In a great smoking kettle, as big as our hall ; And... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - England - 1826 - 520 pages
...their clacks All the while an old woman was rubbing their backs ; Oh ! 'twas pretty to see them all put on their flannels, And then take the water, like...fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks, And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl In a great smoking kettle as big as our hall ; And to-day... | |
 | Christopher Anstey - Bath (England) - 1830 - 270 pages
...though all the while it grew hotter and hotter, They swam just as if they were hunting an otter. T was a glorious sight to behold the fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks, And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl In a great smoking kettle as big as our hall; And to-day... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 536 pages
...the ladies did giggle and set up their clacks, All the while an old woman was rubbing their backs ! 'Twas a glorious sight to behold the fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks, And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl , ,. , In a great smoking kettle as big as our halL"—JWd.]... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 526 pages
...the ladies did giggle and set up their clacks. All the while an old woman was rubbing their backs ! 'Twas a glorious sight to behold the fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks. And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl In a great smoking kettle as big as our hall." — iliil.\... | |
 | Augustus Bozzi Granville - England - 1841 - 678 pages
...water. Of the two, the latter is the most decent element, as it is not quite so transparent. " Oh ! 'twas a glorious sight to behold the fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks."* The old dame must have been put up to this species of wire-spun reasoning in favour of a practice now... | |
 | William Jesse - Dandies - 1844 - 418 pages
...her ladyship has possibly never seen the Bath Guide, and the description given by. the poet-laureat of the habits of that renowned place of public resort,...letter, from the length of the piece of poetry it inclosed, probably consumed more than one of his dull evenings in composing and inditing. Saturday... | |
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Twas a glorious sight to behold the fair sex All wading with gentlemen up to their necks, And view them so prettily tumble and sprawl In a great smoking kettle as big as our hall... 
