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... rest , without yearning to render that acquaintance more close and intimate . This volume is offered , then , both as an inducement to further study , and as , in itself , a popular compendium ; and it is hoped that it may prove ...
... rest , without yearning to render that acquaintance more close and intimate . This volume is offered , then , both as an inducement to further study , and as , in itself , a popular compendium ; and it is hoped that it may prove ...
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... rest . The rich old man that sees his end draw on so fore , How he would be a boy again , to live so much the more . Whereat full oft I smiled , to see how all these three , From boy to man , from man to boy , would chop and change ...
... rest . The rich old man that sees his end draw on so fore , How he would be a boy again , to live so much the more . Whereat full oft I smiled , to see how all these three , From boy to man , from man to boy , would chop and change ...
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... rest , Which asketh me , ' Where shall our prayers end ? ' I tell thee , priest : When shoemakers make shoes That are well sewed , with never a stitch amiss , And use no craft in altering of the same ; When tailors steal no stuff from ...
... rest , Which asketh me , ' Where shall our prayers end ? ' I tell thee , priest : When shoemakers make shoes That are well sewed , with never a stitch amiss , And use no craft in altering of the same ; When tailors steal no stuff from ...
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... rest , His meat for that day on the even was dressed . And lest the custom that he had to steal Might cause him sometime to forget his zeal , He gives his journeyman a special charge That , if the stuff allowed fell out too large , And ...
... rest , His meat for that day on the even was dressed . And lest the custom that he had to steal Might cause him sometime to forget his zeal , He gives his journeyman a special charge That , if the stuff allowed fell out too large , And ...
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... rest . Though poetry indeed be such a sin , As I think brings dearth and Spaniards in ; Though like the pestilence and old - fashion'd love , Pedlingly it catch men , and doth remove Never , till it be starv'd out , yet their state Is ...
... rest . Though poetry indeed be such a sin , As I think brings dearth and Spaniards in ; Though like the pestilence and old - fashion'd love , Pedlingly it catch men , and doth remove Never , till it be starv'd out , yet their state Is ...
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Absalom and Achitophel admirable amusing Ballads Bards black crow Born burlesque Byron called character charming Chaucer clever comedy comic contemporaries courtier Cowper dance Devil died doth dramatists Dryden Dunciad English epigram example eyes fair famous fancy fool George Gascoigne give grace hand heart Henry Luttrell Hood Horace Horace Smith humourist John King lady laughed Leigh Hunt lines live look Lord Lord Lytton lover maid merry Mortimer Collins Muse ne'er never o'er once parody perhaps persiflage pieces play poem poet poetry poor Pope prose quoted R. H. Barham rhyme Rolliad satire satirist sigh sing smile song specimen style sweet tell thee There's things thou thought tone true Twas vein verse W. S. Gilbert whilst wit and humour witty and humorous writer written wrote young
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Page 314 - If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,' the Walrus said, 'That they could get it clear?' 'I doubt it,' said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear.
Page 106 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Page 25 - I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. 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.
Page 107 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 87 - He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination.
Page 88 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 41 - Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction.
Page 132 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 107 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 125 - ... duodecimo phaeton, she desired me to write some verses on her ponies; upon which, I took out my pocketbook, and in one moment produced the following : " Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies : To give them this title I'm sure can't be wrong, Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.