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... head ; He would have bound him to some shop in town , But with a premium he could not come down . Pat was the urchin's name - a red - haired youth , Fonder of purl and skittle - grounds than truth . Silence , ye gods ! to keep your ...
... head ; He would have bound him to some shop in town , But with a premium he could not come down . Pat was the urchin's name - a red - haired youth , Fonder of purl and skittle - grounds than truth . Silence , ye gods ! to keep your ...
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... Heads below ! ' Nor notice give at all : The firemen , terrified , are slow To bid the pumping torrent flow , For fear the roof should fall . Back , Robins , back ! Crump , stand aloof ! Whitford , keep near the walls ! Huggins , regard ...
... Heads below ! ' Nor notice give at all : The firemen , terrified , are slow To bid the pumping torrent flow , For fear the roof should fall . Back , Robins , back ! Crump , stand aloof ! Whitford , keep near the walls ! Huggins , regard ...
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... head appeared , And Eagle firemen knew ' Twas Joseph Muggins , name revered , The foreman of their crew . Loud shouted all in signs of woe , ' A Muggins to the rescue , ho ! ' And poured the hissing tide : Meanwhile the Muggins fought ...
... head appeared , And Eagle firemen knew ' Twas Joseph Muggins , name revered , The foreman of their crew . Loud shouted all in signs of woe , ' A Muggins to the rescue , ho ! ' And poured the hissing tide : Meanwhile the Muggins fought ...
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... heads from the sad sight turning ; And we sighed as we stood by the lamp's dim light , To think him not more discerning . To think that a bachelor free and bright , And shy of the sex as we found him , Should there at the altar , at ...
... heads from the sad sight turning ; And we sighed as we stood by the lamp's dim light , To think him not more discerning . To think that a bachelor free and bright , And shy of the sex as we found him , Should there at the altar , at ...
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... raised him , and sighed at the thought that his head Would confoundedly ache on the morrow . We bore him home and we put him to bed , And we told his wife and daughter To give him next morning a couple of red Herrings 28 PARODY .
... raised him , and sighed at the thought that his head Would confoundedly ache on the morrow . We bore him home and we put him to bed , And we told his wife and daughter To give him next morning a couple of red Herrings 28 PARODY .
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Page 25 - You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head — Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.
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