The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with Notes, Explanatory and BiographicalMason brothers, 1856 - 689 sider |
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... stand Justice to Scotland . The Poetical Cookery - book . The Steak . Roasted Sucking Pig Beignet de Pomme " L AUTHOR . PAGE 445 446 447 447 • 449 แ 450 • แ 451 แ 453 • " 455 456 • " 6 457 • แ 458 • แ 459 แ 460 • ( ( 461 • Cherry Pie ...
... stand Justice to Scotland . The Poetical Cookery - book . The Steak . Roasted Sucking Pig Beignet de Pomme " L AUTHOR . PAGE 445 446 447 447 • 449 แ 450 • แ 451 แ 453 • " 455 456 • " 6 457 • แ 458 • แ 459 แ 460 • ( ( 461 • Cherry Pie ...
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... stand The Song of Hiawatha Comfort in Affliction • The Husband's Petition The Biter Bit . • แ " L AUTHOR . PAGE 66 497 6 498 " " 499 Aytoun 503 . 504 506 507 The Dirge of the Drinker 510 • Francesca da Rimini " L 511 Louis Napoleon's ...
... stand The Song of Hiawatha Comfort in Affliction • The Husband's Petition The Biter Bit . • แ " L AUTHOR . PAGE 66 497 6 498 " " 499 Aytoun 503 . 504 506 507 The Dirge of the Drinker 510 • Francesca da Rimini " L 511 Louis Napoleon's ...
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... standing on thy head , thy strength to find , And poking out thy small , long legs behind ; And now thy pinions dost thou briskly ply ; Preparing now to leave me - farewell , fly ! Go , join thy brothers on yon sunny board , And rapture ...
... standing on thy head , thy strength to find , And poking out thy small , long legs behind ; And now thy pinions dost thou briskly ply ; Preparing now to leave me - farewell , fly ! Go , join thy brothers on yon sunny board , And rapture ...
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... stands knee - deep ! And there ! the breeze Pleads with me , and has won thee to a smile That speaks conviction . O'er yon blossom'd field Of beans it came , and thoughts of bacon rise . SNUFF . ROBERT SOUTHEY . A DELICATE pinch ! oh ...
... stands knee - deep ! And there ! the breeze Pleads with me , and has won thee to a smile That speaks conviction . O'er yon blossom'd field Of beans it came , and thoughts of bacon rise . SNUFF . ROBERT SOUTHEY . A DELICATE pinch ! oh ...
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... stand " -Five guineas more , confound it ! -- I wish they'd call it Nebuchadnezzar , Or thrown it in the Thames and ... standing , " 66 quite tired out , " - " Must sit down to insist on payment , " " Called ten times , " - Here's a fuss ...
... stand " -Five guineas more , confound it ! -- I wish they'd call it Nebuchadnezzar , Or thrown it in the Thames and ... standing , " 66 quite tired out , " - " Must sit down to insist on payment , " " Called ten times , " - Here's a fuss ...
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Æsop Beignet Blogg boys Brentford charms Cock cried d'ye think DEAN SWIFT dear delight Devil dish divine Dolly dost e'er EPIGRAMS eyes face fair fancy fear give grace hair hand happy HARRIS BARHAM hast hath head hear heard heart heaven JAMES TAYLOR king kiss lady laugh Lille long-tail'd coat look look'd Lord ma'am maid MATTHEW PRIOR mind Miserable sinners morning N. P. WILLIS ne'er never Nick night niversity nose numbers o'er OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once PETER PINDAR PINDAR poet poor pray pretty Prince Prince Bishop Pryce PUNCH quoth ROBERT SOUTHEY rose round Saint scarce seem'd sigh sing smile song soul Sultaun swear sweet tell thee there's thet thing THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou thought town turn'd verger Whitbread wife young Zounds
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Side 40 - Distrust the condiment that bites so soon; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault To add a double quantity of salt; Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And twice with vinegar procured from town; And lastly o'er the flavoured compound toss A magic soupcon of anchovy sauce.
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Side 316 - And then she danced, — oh, heaven, her dancing! Dark was her hair, her hand was white; Her voice was exquisitely tender; Her eyes were full of liquid light; I never saw a waist so slender...
Side 32 - For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die, And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise.
Side 243 - PRAYER 0 thou, wha in the Heavens dost dwell, Wha, as it pleases best thysel', Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, A' for thy glory, And no for ony guid or ill They've done afore thee!
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