end-why

Updated: July 8, 2026

And its end-why, a cheer from the crowd below, And a leap from a leafless tree! This very moral lay being ended, Mrs. Slopperton declared it was excellent; though she confessed she thought the sentiments rather loose. Perhaps the gentleman might be induced to favour them with a song of a more refined and modern turn, something sentimental, in short.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Complete

And its end-why, a cheer from the crowd below, And a leap from a leafless tree! This very moral lay being ended, Mrs. Slopperton declared it was excellent; though she confessed she thought the sentiments rather loose. Perhaps the gentleman might be induced to favour them with a song of a more refined and modern turn, something sentimental, in short.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Volume 02