The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with Notes, Explanatory and BiographicalMason brothers, 1856 - 689 |
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... eyes unclose , And now thou feelest for thy little nose , And , finding it , thou rubbest thy two hands Much as to say , " I'm glad I'm here again . ” And well mayest thou rejoice - ' tis very plain , That near wert thou to Death's ...
... eyes unclose , And now thou feelest for thy little nose , And , finding it , thou rubbest thy two hands Much as to say , " I'm glad I'm here again . ” And well mayest thou rejoice - ' tis very plain , That near wert thou to Death's ...
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... eyes And breast , till in one comfortable sneeze The full - collected pleasure bursts at last ! Most rare Columbus ! thou shalt be for this The only Christopher in my calendar . Why , but for thee the uses of the nose Were half unknown ...
... eyes And breast , till in one comfortable sneeze The full - collected pleasure bursts at last ! Most rare Columbus ! thou shalt be for this The only Christopher in my calendar . Why , but for thee the uses of the nose Were half unknown ...
Strona 38
... back all , if any ! " While thus I murmur'd , trembling too Lest all the nymph had vow'd was true , I saw a smile relenting rise ' Mid the moist azure of her eyes , Like day - light o'er a sea of blue , 38 MISCELLANEOUS .
... back all , if any ! " While thus I murmur'd , trembling too Lest all the nymph had vow'd was true , I saw a smile relenting rise ' Mid the moist azure of her eyes , Like day - light o'er a sea of blue , 38 MISCELLANEOUS .
Strona 43
... shock'd my first would be . " Were I but what my whole implies , And pass'd by chance across your portal You'd cry ' Can I believe my eyes ? I never saw so queer a mortal ! ' " For then my head would not be on , MISCELLANEOUS . 43.
... shock'd my first would be . " Were I but what my whole implies , And pass'd by chance across your portal You'd cry ' Can I believe my eyes ? I never saw so queer a mortal ! ' " For then my head would not be on , MISCELLANEOUS . 43.
Strona 50
... eyes , Without the fear of sessions ; Charles Medler loathed false quantities , As much as false professions ; Now Mill keeps order in the land , A magistrate pedantic ; And Medler's feet repose unscanned Beneath the wide Atlantic ...
... eyes , Without the fear of sessions ; Charles Medler loathed false quantities , As much as false professions ; Now Mill keeps order in the land , A magistrate pedantic ; And Medler's feet repose unscanned Beneath the wide Atlantic ...
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