Nothing to Say: A Slight Slap at Mobocratic Snobbery, which Has "Nothing to Do" with "Nothing to Wear,"Witty response, in verse, to the satirical take on fashionable society found in "Nothing to do" and "Nothing to wear", contradicting these negative attitudes toward the rich by underscoring the various charitable services to the poor by the upper classes. |
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... and muff ; For though they had come by a sum mary route , The weather , they found , was wintry enough . When they climbed an iceberg's loftiest height , To the Nothing to Say . 45 But motive powers are not my theme. ...
... and muff ; For though they had come by a sum mary route , The weather , they found , was wintry enough . When they climbed an iceberg's loftiest height , To the Nothing to Say . 45 But motive powers are not my theme. ...
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... weather , con- spiring together , Turned out to be , altogether too much for her ; One half she forgot , and she bungled the rest of it , Though I finally managed to pick out the best of it . She asked her companion , who stood in the ...
... weather , con- spiring together , Turned out to be , altogether too much for her ; One half she forgot , and she bungled the rest of it , Though I finally managed to pick out the best of it . She asked her companion , who stood in the ...
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Page 2 - With the mlunte and particular narrative of what they did. To which is added a complex and elaborate description of what they didn't. Containing also the exultant record of their memorable succors in eventually obtaining, each and every one.