The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with Notes, Explanatory and BiographicalMason brothers, 1856 - 689 |
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Strona 22
... keeps alive the sacred fire . TO A FLY , TAKEN OUT OF A BOWL OF PUNCH . PETER PINDAR . AH ! poor intoxicated little knave , Now senseless , floating on the fragrant wave ; Why not content the cakes alone to munch ? Dearly thou pay'st ...
... keeps alive the sacred fire . TO A FLY , TAKEN OUT OF A BOWL OF PUNCH . PETER PINDAR . AH ! poor intoxicated little knave , Now senseless , floating on the fragrant wave ; Why not content the cakes alone to munch ? Dearly thou pay'st ...
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... keep Lent , But that the kind tobacconist admits No winter in his work ; when Nature sleeps His wheels roll on , and still administer A plenitude of joy , a tangible smell . What are Peru and those Golcondan mines To thee , Virginia ...
... keep Lent , But that the kind tobacconist admits No winter in his work ; when Nature sleeps His wheels roll on , and still administer A plenitude of joy , a tangible smell . What are Peru and those Golcondan mines To thee , Virginia ...
Strona 37
... Nor felt a magnet's sly seduction . Girls would you keep tranquil hearts , Your snowy fingers must be nimble ; The safest shield against the darts Of Cupid , is Minerva's thimble . RINGS AND SEALS . THOMAS MOORE . “ Go ! MISCELLANEOUS . 37.
... Nor felt a magnet's sly seduction . Girls would you keep tranquil hearts , Your snowy fingers must be nimble ; The safest shield against the darts Of Cupid , is Minerva's thimble . RINGS AND SEALS . THOMAS MOORE . “ Go ! MISCELLANEOUS . 37.
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... keep Their only sons at home ; — Some tease the future tense , and plan The full - grown doings of the man , And pant for years to come ! A foolish wish ! There's one at hoop ; And four at fives ! and five who stoop The marble taw to ...
... keep Their only sons at home ; — Some tease the future tense , and plan The full - grown doings of the man , And pant for years to come ! A foolish wish ! There's one at hoop ; And four at fives ! and five who stoop The marble taw to ...
Strona 50
... keeps order in the land , A magistrate pedantic ; And Medler's feet repose unscanned Beneath the wide Atlantic . Wild Nick , whose oaths made such a din , Does Dr. Martext's duty ; And Mullion , with that monstrous chin , Is married to ...
... keeps order in the land , A magistrate pedantic ; And Medler's feet repose unscanned Beneath the wide Atlantic . Wild Nick , whose oaths made such a din , Does Dr. Martext's duty ; And Mullion , with that monstrous chin , Is married to ...
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