The Book of Humorous PoetryWilliam P. Nimmo, 1867 - 464 páginas |
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... Lady Morgan , ' appeared in The Literary Gazette in 1831. At that time Miss Landon and Lady Morgan were in the height of their popularity as authoresses ; and the ' lilt ' is supposed to be a passage of pens between admirers of the two ...
... Lady Morgan , ' appeared in The Literary Gazette in 1831. At that time Miss Landon and Lady Morgan were in the height of their popularity as authoresses ; and the ' lilt ' is supposed to be a passage of pens between admirers of the two ...
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... Lady Morgan . ' Suckled by the Muses , ' well As Ann de Vignes , was L. E. L. ' Suckled ! ' - born too , in the bargain , Of the Nine , was Lady Morgan . Far from Brompton to Bow - bell Swells the fame of L. E. L. Fame from Stamboul to ...
... Lady Morgan . ' Suckled by the Muses , ' well As Ann de Vignes , was L. E. L. ' Suckled ! ' - born too , in the bargain , Of the Nine , was Lady Morgan . Far from Brompton to Bow - bell Swells the fame of L. E. L. Fame from Stamboul to ...
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... Lady Morgan . Golden violets - who can smell Their bright hues but L. E. L. ? Liberty's impassion'd organ Is the pen of Lady Morgan . Jerdan says , ' If they'd but sell , Sure specs were works by L. E. L. ' At half - price were all my ...
... Lady Morgan . Golden violets - who can smell Their bright hues but L. E. L. ? Liberty's impassion'd organ Is the pen of Lady Morgan . Jerdan says , ' If they'd but sell , Sure specs were works by L. E. L. ' At half - price were all my ...
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... Lady Morgan . Morgante mio ! sylphid spell , Morgan links with L. E. L. Patronised as poets par'gon Is L. E. L. by Lady Morgan . From British bardesses now bear the belle Learn'd Lady Morgan , lore - born L. E. L. GLUGGITY GLUG . A ...
... Lady Morgan . Morgante mio ! sylphid spell , Morgan links with L. E. L. Patronised as poets par'gon Is L. E. L. by Lady Morgan . From British bardesses now bear the belle Learn'd Lady Morgan , lore - born L. E. L. GLUGGITY GLUG . A ...
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... Lady Morgan Golden violets - who can smi Their bright hues but L. E Liberty's impassion'd organ Is the pen of Lady Morgan . Jerdan says , ' If they'd but s Sure specs were works by L. At half - price were all my store None would lose by ...
... Lady Morgan Golden violets - who can smi Their bright hues but L. E Liberty's impassion'd organ Is the pen of Lady Morgan . Jerdan says , ' If they'd but s Sure specs were works by L. At half - price were all my store None would lose by ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ABRAHAM COWLEY annuity black crows call'd Captain Paton CHARLES DIBDIN courtier cried dance dead dear Devil Dolt drink e'er eyes face fair fools frae give grace hair head heart Henry Glassford Bell horse humorous Hyst John John Barleycorn Jurym kind as pray King Lady Morgan laugh live look'd Lord maid Monsieur Tonson MUTCHKIN ne'er never night ninety lines niversity of Göttingen nose o'er once Pannel pass'd Paton no mo Peter PINDAR plain poems poet poor pride proud quoth Radenovitch RICHARD PORSON ROBERT SOUTHEY round sare Schnapps seem'd sleep smile song soul Squire sure sweet tail tell thee there's thet thing thou thought Tis green took town Twas Vicar of Bray wear wife worm young Yvetot Zounds
Passagens conhecidas
Página 220 - Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
Página 221 - At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.
Página 195 - Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form / Evanishing amid the storm.
Página 386 - ... BACK and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.
Página 220 - ... chance for one to start, For the wheels were just as strong as the thills, And the floor was just as strong as the sills And the panels just as strong as the floor, And the whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore.
Página 87 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 196 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Página 218 - So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum...
Página 86 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Página 306 - And they hae taen his very heart's blood, And drank it round and round; And still the more and more they drank, Their joy did more abound.