 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 488 pages
...Mercer to be her Valentine ; and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty ; and we were both well pleased with it....year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me £5 ; bat that I must have laid out if we had not been Valentines.' Again, continues our amusing chronicler,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 514 pages
...valentine ; and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself very prettily. But I am also this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me 51. I find that Mrs. Pierce's little girl is my valentine, she having drawn me. But here I do first... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...Mercer to her valentine, and brought her name written upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty ; and we were both well pleased with it....I must have laid out if we had not been valentines " It does not appear, by the by, how P«pys became his " wife's valentine." On the morning following... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...Mercer to her valentine, and brought her name written upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it....this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me f 5 ; but that I must have laid out if we had not been valentines." It does not appear, by the by,... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...blue paper in gold letters, done by myself very gretty ; and we were both well pleased with it. nt I am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will...been Valentines." He also adds : " I find that Mrs. Fierce's little girl is my Valentine, she having drawn me ; which I was not sorry for, easing me of... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...Mercer to be her valentine ; and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it....this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me =g5; but that I must have laid out if we had not been valentines. '25th. Lay long in bed, talking with... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1841 - 404 pages
...valentine ; and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself very prettily. But I am also this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me five pounds. I find that mrs Pierce's little girl is my valentine, she having drawn me. But here I... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty ; and we were both well pleased with it. But 1 am also this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me L.5 ; but that 1 must have laid out if we had not been valentines." Two days after, he adds — " I... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 pages
...valentines was a sport practi-eii in the houses of the gentry in England is early as the year H7S. But I am also this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me 51. ; but that I must have laid out if we had not been valentines." Two days subsequently, he adds,... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1848 - 466 pages
...Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it....must have laid out if we had not been Valentines. 15th. Pegg Pen is married this day privately: no friends, but two or three relations of his and her's.... | |
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But I am also this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me £5 ; but that I must have laid out if we had not been valentines. 
