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Literary
January 29, 1791
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A gentleman educates his five daughters, who marry men surnamed Poor, Little, Short, Brown, and Hogg. At the last wedding, he jokes that his efforts resulted in 'poor little short brown hog.'
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AUTHENTIC MEMOIR.
A gentleman at the eastward had five daughters, whom he brought up and educated in such a manner as was proper to render them useful, and respectable characters in life. These daughters, as they came to years, married one after another, with the approbation of their father. One of them married a gentleman of the name of Poor. Another one married one Mr. Little. The third married a gentleman of the name of Short. The fourth married one Mr. Brown and the fifth married one Mr. Hogg:--At her wedding, her sisters, with their husbands, were present.
After the ceremonies of the wedding were over, as social conversation ensued, the old gentleman made this remark to his guests: I have taken great pains, said he, to educate my five daughters in a suitable manner, that they might act well their part in life; and, from their advantage and improvements, I fondly expected that they would form connexions that would do honour to my family: But having now no more daughters to marry, I find that all my pains, care, and fond expectations, in the result, have turned out nothing but, poor, little, short, brown, hog.
A gentleman at the eastward had five daughters, whom he brought up and educated in such a manner as was proper to render them useful, and respectable characters in life. These daughters, as they came to years, married one after another, with the approbation of their father. One of them married a gentleman of the name of Poor. Another one married one Mr. Little. The third married a gentleman of the name of Short. The fourth married one Mr. Brown and the fifth married one Mr. Hogg:--At her wedding, her sisters, with their husbands, were present.
After the ceremonies of the wedding were over, as social conversation ensued, the old gentleman made this remark to his guests: I have taken great pains, said he, to educate my five daughters in a suitable manner, that they might act well their part in life; and, from their advantage and improvements, I fondly expected that they would form connexions that would do honour to my family: But having now no more daughters to marry, I find that all my pains, care, and fond expectations, in the result, have turned out nothing but, poor, little, short, brown, hog.
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Marriage Anecdote
Family Expectations
Humorous Pun
Daughters Marriages
Literary Details
Title
Authentic Memoir.
Key Lines
I Find That All My Pains, Care, And Fond Expectations, In The Result, Have Turned Out Nothing But, Poor, Little, Short, Brown, Hog.