The Book of Humorous PoetryWilliam P. Nimmo, 1867 - 464 Seiten |
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... fair island , for commerce renown'd , In a Devonshire lane , as I trotted along , In Bond Street Buildings , on a winter's night , In debt , deserted , and forlorn , In good King Charles's golden days , In Liquorpond Street , as is well ...
... fair island , for commerce renown'd , In a Devonshire lane , as I trotted along , In Bond Street Buildings , on a winter's night , In debt , deserted , and forlorn , In good King Charles's golden days , In Liquorpond Street , as is well ...
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... Who at Loretto dwelt , in wax , stone , wood , And in a fair white wig look'd wondrous fine . Fifty long miles had those sad rogues to travel , 2 THE BOOK OF A beautiful maiden was little Min-Ne, 374 A brace of sinners, for no good,
... Who at Loretto dwelt , in wax , stone , wood , And in a fair white wig look'd wondrous fine . Fifty long miles had those sad rogues to travel , 2 THE BOOK OF A beautiful maiden was little Min-Ne, 374 A brace of sinners, for no good,
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... Fair . Matt . As I cam hame frae Ruglin fair , At e'en , when it was dusky , I had enough - and maybe mair , A drap ower muckle whisky . I saw twa fallows yoke thegither , Wha they were , the taen or tither , I ken nae mair nor Abram's ...
... Fair . Matt . As I cam hame frae Ruglin fair , At e'en , when it was dusky , I had enough - and maybe mair , A drap ower muckle whisky . I saw twa fallows yoke thegither , Wha they were , the taen or tither , I ken nae mair nor Abram's ...
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... fair , Tip of gristle , root of hair , Courting either stump or log , When attack'd by spiteful dog ; Gradual less'ning as a cone , With thy curling points of bone ; Joints all grateful to the knife , In the hour of deadly strife ...
... fair , Tip of gristle , root of hair , Courting either stump or log , When attack'd by spiteful dog ; Gradual less'ning as a cone , With thy curling points of bone ; Joints all grateful to the knife , In the hour of deadly strife ...
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... fair to give a little rhyme . He had a patient lying at death's door , Some three miles from the town , —it might be four ; To whom , one evening , Bolus sent an article , In Pharmacy , that's call'd cathartical , And , on the label of ...
... fair to give a little rhyme . He had a patient lying at death's door , Some three miles from the town , —it might be four ; To whom , one evening , Bolus sent an article , In Pharmacy , that's call'd cathartical , And , on the label of ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY annuity black crows call'd Captain Paton CHARLES DIBDIN courtier cried dance dead dear Devil Dolt drink e'er eyes face fair fools frae give grace hair head heart Henry Glassford Bell horse humorous Hyst John John Barleycorn Jurym kind as pray King Lady Morgan laugh live look'd Lord maid Monsieur Tonson MUTCHKIN ne'er never night ninety lines niversity of Göttingen nose o'er once Pannel pass'd Paton no mo Peter PINDAR plain poems poet poor pride proud quoth Radenovitch RICHARD PORSON ROBERT SOUTHEY round sare Schnapps seem'd sleep smile song soul Squire sure sweet tail tell thee there's thet thing thou thought Tis green took town Twas Vicar of Bray wear wife worm young Yvetot Zounds
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Seite 220 - Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
Seite 221 - At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.
Seite 195 - Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form / Evanishing amid the storm.
Seite 386 - ... BACK and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.
Seite 220 - ... chance for one to start, For the wheels were just as strong as the thills, And the floor was just as strong as the sills And the panels just as strong as the floor, And the whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore.
Seite 87 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Seite 196 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Seite 218 - So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum...
Seite 86 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Seite 306 - And they hae taen his very heart's blood, And drank it round and round; And still the more and more they drank, Their joy did more abound.