Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 6Reeves & Turner, 1889 - English wit and humor Includes parodies of Tennyson, Longfellow, Bret Harte, Thomas Hood, Swinburne, Browning, Shakespeare, Milton, Poe, Shelley, Cowper, Coleridge, Herrick, Carroll, Lever, Lover, Burns, Scott, Goldsmith, Kingsley, Byron and many others. |
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... RHYMES , SLANG SONGS , RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL PARODIES BALLADES , RONDEAUS , AND VILLANELLES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DRAMATIC BURLESQUES COLLECTED BY WALTER HAMILTON ARTES LIBRARY 1837 SCIENTIA VERITAS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. Front Cover.
... RHYMES , SLANG SONGS , RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL PARODIES BALLADES , RONDEAUS , AND VILLANELLES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DRAMATIC BURLESQUES COLLECTED BY WALTER HAMILTON ARTES LIBRARY 1837 SCIENTIA VERITAS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. Front Cover.
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... RHYMES AND CHILDREN'S SONGS . PARODIES AND POEMS IN PRAISE OF TOBACCO . PROSE PARODIES . SLANG , FLASH , AND CANT SONGS . RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL PARODIES . Bibliography of Parody , and Dramatic Burlesques SOME things are very good ...
... RHYMES AND CHILDREN'S SONGS . PARODIES AND POEMS IN PRAISE OF TOBACCO . PROSE PARODIES . SLANG , FLASH , AND CANT SONGS . RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL PARODIES . Bibliography of Parody , and Dramatic Burlesques SOME things are very good ...
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... Rhymes . ... Jack and Jill , and Parodies ... 116 , 122 Hey ! Diddle Diddle ... 117 An Esthetic Version 117 Introductory Notes Mr. Escott's Version 117 The House that Jack built Hebrew version ... ... Political Parodies of this Rhyme ...
... Rhymes . ... Jack and Jill , and Parodies ... 116 , 122 Hey ! Diddle Diddle ... 117 An Esthetic Version 117 Introductory Notes Mr. Escott's Version 117 The House that Jack built Hebrew version ... ... Political Parodies of this Rhyme ...
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... Rhymes The Song of Sir Palamede . H. G. Cone . " With flow exhaustless of alliterate words . " Martin Farquhar Tupper . Cuthbert Bede's Parody The Queen of Oude Beer , that hath entered my head Philosophy of Sausages The Fall of Tupper ...
... Rhymes The Song of Sir Palamede . H. G. Cone . " With flow exhaustless of alliterate words . " Martin Farquhar Tupper . Cuthbert Bede's Parody The Queen of Oude Beer , that hath entered my head Philosophy of Sausages The Fall of Tupper ...
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... wearing of man . A POET'S VALENTINE . BEFORE the beginning of post There came to the making of love Rhyme and of follies a host ; Ducks with a dart and a dove ; Flow'rs with initials beneath , Cupid conceal'd in a cell.
... wearing of man . A POET'S VALENTINE . BEFORE the beginning of post There came to the making of love Rhyme and of follies a host ; Ducks with a dart and a dove ; Flow'rs with initials beneath , Cupid conceal'd in a cell.
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A. C. Swinburne Adelphi Theatre appeared ballad beautiful bells burlesque called Cant Charles Charles Dickens cigar cried dear Dickens Dombey Dombey and Son doth Drama edition English entitled eyes F. C. Burnand face fair fate George give Grand H. B. Farnie H. J. Byron hair hand hath Haunted head heart Hitquick House illustrations imitation J. L. Toole Jack John John Brougham King Lady lips London look Lord Miss ne'er never night o'er parody Pickwick pipe play pleasure poem poet poor Prince published Punch Queen rhyme roar round satire sing Slang smoke song soul Strand street sweet Swinburne tabac tell Theatre thee things Thou shalt thought Three Acts Tobacco Twas unto verse W. S. Gilbert wild William wind written young
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