The Book of Humorous PoetryWilliam P. Nimmo, 1867 - 464 Seiten |
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... mind how the pedagogue proses , No plate had John and Joan to hoard , Now as fame does report , a young duke keeps a court , Och ! the Coronation ! what celebration , Oft has it been my lot to mark , Oft in danger , yet alive , • Oh , I ...
... mind how the pedagogue proses , No plate had John and Joan to hoard , Now as fame does report , a young duke keeps a court , Och ! the Coronation ! what celebration , Oft has it been my lot to mark , Oft in danger , yet alive , • Oh , I ...
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... mind perplex , 72 When a bore gets hold of me , 99 When chapman billies leave the street , 191 Whene'er with haggard eyes I view , 35 When Faustus , at first , did his printing begin , 352 When honest men confess'd their sins , 352 When ...
... mind perplex , 72 When a bore gets hold of me , 99 When chapman billies leave the street , 191 Whene'er with haggard eyes I view , 35 When Faustus , at first , did his printing begin , 352 When honest men confess'd their sins , 352 When ...
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... mind Of Cain and his brother Abel . An apothecary , on a white horse , Rode by on his avocations— ' Oh ! ' says the Devil , ' there's my old friend Death in the Revelations ! ' He saw a cottage , with a double coach - house , A cottage ...
... mind Of Cain and his brother Abel . An apothecary , on a white horse , Rode by on his avocations— ' Oh ! ' says the Devil , ' there's my old friend Death in the Revelations ! ' He saw a cottage , with a double coach - house , A cottage ...
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... with a smile , Of England's commercial prosperity ! ' He saw a certain minister ( A minister to his mind ) Go up into a certain house , With a majority behind . The Devil quoted Genesis , Like a very learnèd clerk 28 THE BOOK OF.
... with a smile , Of England's commercial prosperity ! ' He saw a certain minister ( A minister to his mind ) Go up into a certain house , With a majority behind . The Devil quoted Genesis , Like a very learnèd clerk 28 THE BOOK OF.
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... minds - we wish they'd mind their talk ; Big - worded bullies , who by quarrels live- Who give the lie , and tell the lie they give ; Jews from St. Mary Axe , 1 for jobs so wary , That for old clothes they'd even axe St. Mary ; And ...
... minds - we wish they'd mind their talk ; Big - worded bullies , who by quarrels live- Who give the lie , and tell the lie they give ; Jews from St. Mary Axe , 1 for jobs so wary , That for old clothes they'd even axe St. Mary ; And ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY annuity black crows call'd Captain Paton courtier cried dance dead dear Devil Dolt drank drink e'er eyes face fair fellow fools frae give Göttingen grace hair hand head hear heart honest horse humorous Hyst John John Barleycorn Jurym kind as pray King Lady Morgan laugh live look'd Lord maid Monsieur Tonson N. P. WILLIS ne'er never night ninety lines niversity of Göttingen nose o'er OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES once Pannel pass'd Paton no mo PINDAR poems poet poor pride proud quoth Radenovitch ROBERT SOUTHEY round sare Schnapps seem'd Shep sleep smile song soon soul squire sure sweet tell thee there's thet thing THOMAS HOLCROFT thou thought took town Twas vex'd Vicar of Bray wear wife 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 384 - ... 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.