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Page 34
... hour on board . " Thus are screaming Men and women , Gemmen , ladies , servants , Jacks ; Here entangling , All are wrangling , Stuck together close as wax.- Such the general noise and racket , Ere we reach the Lisbon Packet . Now we've ...
... hour on board . " Thus are screaming Men and women , Gemmen , ladies , servants , Jacks ; Here entangling , All are wrangling , Stuck together close as wax.- Such the general noise and racket , Ere we reach the Lisbon Packet . Now we've ...
Page 39
... were wove , That , though she charm'd into them New game each hour , the youngest Love Was able to break through them . Come , listen , maids , etc. Meanwhile , young Sue , whose cage was wrought Of MISCELLANEOUS . 39.
... were wove , That , though she charm'd into them New game each hour , the youngest Love Was able to break through them . Come , listen , maids , etc. Meanwhile , young Sue , whose cage was wrought Of MISCELLANEOUS . 39.
Page 47
... hour , Her muffin - medals that devour , And swill her prize - bohea ? Ay , there's the playground ! there's the lime , Beneath whose shade in summer's prime So wildly I have read ! — Who sits there now , and skims the cream Of young ...
... hour , Her muffin - medals that devour , And swill her prize - bohea ? Ay , there's the playground ! there's the lime , Beneath whose shade in summer's prime So wildly I have read ! — Who sits there now , and skims the cream Of young ...
Page 51
... hours and hours , I think and talk Of each remembered hobby : I long to lounge in Poet's Walk- Or shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From House , and court , and levee , Where bearded men appear to - day , Just Eton boys ...
... hours and hours , I think and talk Of each remembered hobby : I long to lounge in Poet's Walk- Or shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From House , and court , and levee , Where bearded men appear to - day , Just Eton boys ...
Page 55
... hours , and the night , and the chimes , Here we talk of old books , and old friends , and old times ; As we sit in a fog made of rich Latakie This chamber is pleasant to you , friend , and me . But of all the cheap treasures that ...
... hours , and the night , and the chimes , Here we talk of old books , and old friends , and old times ; As we sit in a fog made of rich Latakie This chamber is pleasant to you , friend , and me . But of all the cheap treasures that ...
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BARHAM Beignet BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE Blogg boys Brentford charms church cried DEAN SWIFT dear delight devil dish divine dost e'er EPIGRAMS eyes face fair fancy fear give grace hair hand happy hath head hear heart heaven humorous Ingoldsby Legends JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL JAMES TAYLOR Jones kind king kiss lady legs Lille long-tail'd coat look Lord LOWELL MASON maid majesty MATTHEW PRIOR mind morning Muse N. P. WILLIS ne'er never night niversity nose numbers o'er once PETER PINDAR PINDAR poem poet poor pound pray Prince PUNCH quoth ROBERT SOUTHEY rose round Saint scarce sigh sing sinners smile song soul swear sweet tell thee There's thet thing THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou thought took town turn'd verse Whitbread wife young Zounds