The Humorous Speaker: Being a Choice Collection of Amusing Pieces, Both in Prose and Verse, Original and Selected; Consisting of Dialogues, Soliloquies, Parodies & C. Designed for the Use of Schools, Literary Societies, Debating Clubs, Social Circles and Domestic Entertainment |
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... o'er Fancy's strains ; For Fancy she's a mettlesome steed , That gives a thoughtless rider no heed ; Rushing right on - mud , gully , or mead , With a sort of geometric speed ; Fills you with dirt , The kind to hurt ; Addles your brains ...
... o'er Fancy's strains ; For Fancy she's a mettlesome steed , That gives a thoughtless rider no heed ; Rushing right on - mud , gully , or mead , With a sort of geometric speed ; Fills you with dirt , The kind to hurt ; Addles your brains ...
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... o'er the well - filled page . I see a young maid in her chamber napping , And I know , that love at her heart is tapping ; She dreams of a youth , and smiles in bliss , As she pouts out her lips to receive a kiss . But she shall not ...
... o'er the well - filled page . I see a young maid in her chamber napping , And I know , that love at her heart is tapping ; She dreams of a youth , and smiles in bliss , As she pouts out her lips to receive a kiss . But she shall not ...
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... o'er his wife he so bravely began ; But he found ' twas a game at which two could go in ; And since he's the loser , he gets very thin ; He has given up everything , even his boast : Only one thing is left , ' tis to give up the ghost ...
... o'er his wife he so bravely began ; But he found ' twas a game at which two could go in ; And since he's the loser , he gets very thin ; He has given up everything , even his boast : Only one thing is left , ' tis to give up the ghost ...
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... for your woe Than the paddles that olatter as onward they go ! * On Barry Cornwall's popular song , " The Sea ! The Sea ! " & c . The ocean's wave I ne'er moved o'er , But I THE HUMOROUS SPEAKER . 67 A Parody-The Sea Anon.
... for your woe Than the paddles that olatter as onward they go ! * On Barry Cornwall's popular song , " The Sea ! The Sea ! " & c . The ocean's wave I ne'er moved o'er , But I THE HUMOROUS SPEAKER . 67 A Parody-The Sea Anon.
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... o'er , But I love my donkey more and more , And homeward flew to her bony back , Like a truant boy to his mother's sack ; And a mother she was and is to me , For I was an ass , to go to sea ! " What THE QUIET HUSBAND . - FANNY FERN . 66 ...
... o'er , But I love my donkey more and more , And homeward flew to her bony back , Like a truant boy to his mother's sack ; And a mother she was and is to me , For I was an ass , to go to sea ! " What THE QUIET HUSBAND . - FANNY FERN . 66 ...
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