Doctor Syntax : His Three Tours in Search of the Picturesque, of Consolation, of a WifeFrederick Warne & Company, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1874 - 374 páginas |
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... Delighted less in books than meat ; So that when holy Christmas came , His earnings ceased to be the same ; And now , alas , could do no more , Than keep the wolf without the door . E'en birch , the pedant master's boast , Was so ...
... Delighted less in books than meat ; So that when holy Christmas came , His earnings ceased to be the same ; And now , alas , could do no more , Than keep the wolf without the door . E'en birch , the pedant master's boast , Was so ...
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... delighted , All that the muse had thus indited , A hungry dog , and prone to steal , Ran off with half his breakfast meal ; While Dolly , ent'ring with a kettle , Was follow'd by a man of mettle , Who swore he'd have the promis'd kiss ...
... delighted , All that the muse had thus indited , A hungry dog , and prone to steal , Ran off with half his breakfast meal ; While Dolly , ent'ring with a kettle , Was follow'd by a man of mettle , Who swore he'd have the promis'd kiss ...
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... delight his wearied eyes , Before him Oxford's tow'rs arise . " O , Alma Mater ! " Syntax cried , " My present boast , my early pride : To whose protecting care I owe All I've forgot , and all I know : Deign from your nursling to ...
... delight his wearied eyes , Before him Oxford's tow'rs arise . " O , Alma Mater ! " Syntax cried , " My present boast , my early pride : To whose protecting care I owe All I've forgot , and all I know : Deign from your nursling to ...
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... Delight in reading of the dead . What golden gains my book would boast , If I could meet a chatty ghost , Who would some news communicate Of its unknown and present state : Some pallid figure in a shroud , Or sitting on a murky cloud ...
... Delight in reading of the dead . What golden gains my book would boast , If I could meet a chatty ghost , Who would some news communicate Of its unknown and present state : Some pallid figure in a shroud , Or sitting on a murky cloud ...
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... delight , With plumed crest and helmet bright : E'en when a boy , at early age , I read in Homer's lofty page How the stout Greeks in time of yore , Brought havoc to the Phrygian shore ; I revell'd in that ancient story , And burn'd ...
... delight , With plumed crest and helmet bright : E'en when a boy , at early age , I read in Homer's lofty page How the stout Greeks in time of yore , Brought havoc to the Phrygian shore ; I revell'd in that ancient story , And burn'd ...
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appear'd Artemus Ward beauty bless BOOKS PUBLISHED breast call'd calm CHARLES DICKENS charm CHATTO & WINDUS cheer cloth extra Crown 8vo dame dear delight display'd Doctor doth e'en e'er Edition ev'ry exclaim'd fair fame fancy Fcap fear feel fond fool form'd gave gilt give grace grave Grizzle harum scarum hear heard heart Heaven honour hope hour humble Hymen illustrated J. R. PLANCHÉ joke kind known Lady laugh learned live LONDON look look'd Lord Madam mare mind morn ne'er never o'er pain pass'd Patrick PICCADILLY play play'd pleasure poor pow'r pray prepar'd pride prov'd PUBLISHED BY CHATTO pursue rev'rend sage scarce scene seem'd seen smile soon sought spirit spoke Squire sure Syntax tell thought told tongue town turn'd Twas Twill Vellum virtue W. S. GILBERT Whate'er wife wish
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