The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with Notes, Explanatory and Biographical |
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... thought that this volume contains a very large pro- portion of the best pieces that have appeared . An unexpected feature of the book is , that there is not a line in it by a female hand . The alleged foibles of the Fair have given ...
... thought that this volume contains a very large pro- portion of the best pieces that have appeared . An unexpected feature of the book is , that there is not a line in it by a female hand . The alleged foibles of the Fair have given ...
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... thought recalls ! What tender urchins now confine , What little captives now repine , Within yon irksome walls ! Ay , that's the very house ! I know Its ugly windows , ten a row ! Its chimneys in the rear ! And there's the iron rod so ...
... thought recalls ! What tender urchins now confine , What little captives now repine , Within yon irksome walls ! Ay , that's the very house ! I know Its ugly windows , ten a row ! Its chimneys in the rear ! And there's the iron rod so ...
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... thought Of faded pains and pleasures , Those whispered syllables have brought From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields , the forms , the beasts , the books , The glories and disgraces , The voices of dear friends , the looks Of old ...
... thought Of faded pains and pleasures , Those whispered syllables have brought From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields , the forms , the beasts , the books , The glories and disgraces , The voices of dear friends , the looks Of old ...
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... thought , as usual , men would say They were exceeding good . They were so queer , so very queer , laughed as I would die ; Albeit , in the general way , A sober man am I. I called my servant , and he came ; How kind it was of him , To ...
... thought , as usual , men would say They were exceeding good . They were so queer , so very queer , laughed as I would die ; Albeit , in the general way , A sober man am I. I called my servant , and he came ; How kind it was of him , To ...
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... thought no harto , ' Twas a gentle jest I playd - a . A gentle jest , in soothe he cry'd , To tumble me in and leave mel What if I had in the river dy'd ? That fetch will not deceive me . Once more I'll pardon thee this day , Tho ...
... thought no harto , ' Twas a gentle jest I playd - a . A gentle jest , in soothe he cry'd , To tumble me in and leave mel What if I had in the river dy'd ? That fetch will not deceive me . Once more I'll pardon thee this day , Tho ...
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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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Page 248 - The cudgel in my nieve did shake, Each bristl'd hair stood like a stake, When wi' an eldritch, stoor quaick, quaick, Amang the springs, Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, On whistling wings. Let warlocks grim, an' wither'd hags, Tell how wi...
Page 98 - The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet and emerald eyes, She saw, and purred applause.
Page 242 - BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong. So...
Page 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.
Page 319 - WERTHER had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter ; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled. _*• Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person,...
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Page 32 - For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die, And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise.
Page 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!
Page 53 - Vicar. His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rocks to roses; It slipped from politics to puns; It passed from Mahomet to Moses; Beginning with the laws which keep The planets in their radiant courses, And ending with some precept deep For dressing eels or shoeing horses.