She is not fair to outward view As many maidens be; Her loveliness I never knew Until she smiled on me: Oh! then I saw her eye was bright, A well of love, a spring of light.
O, saw ye the lass wi the bonnie blue een? Her smile is the sweetest that ever was seen, Her cheek like the rose is, but fresher, I ween, She s the loveliest lassie that trips on the green.
We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur to surrender it voluntarily.
The Clockmaker.
Note 1. Those families, you know, are our upper-crust,not upper ten thousand.Cooper: The Ways of the Hour, chap. vi. (1850). At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.N. P. Willis: Necessity for a Promenade Drive. [back]
Note 2. Sam Slick first appeared in a weekly paper of Nova Scotia, 1835. [back]
Note 3. See Franklin, page 361: Time is money. [back]