Punch, Volumes 10-11Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1846 - Caricatures and cartoons |
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... break my staff , Bury it certain fathoms in the earth , And , deeper than did ever plummet sound , I'll drown my newspaper . " [ Solemn music . For the first few minutes - ere fully awake -. COBDEN , THE FREE TRADE PROSPERO . THE LIFE ...
... break my staff , Bury it certain fathoms in the earth , And , deeper than did ever plummet sound , I'll drown my newspaper . " [ Solemn music . For the first few minutes - ere fully awake -. COBDEN , THE FREE TRADE PROSPERO . THE LIFE ...
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Page 246 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
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Page 27 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
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