A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and Satirical Verse Selected from the Writings of British and American PoetsFrederic Lawrence Knowles Page, 1902 - 407 psl. |
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... hand , in editing any book like this , it is impossible to disregard the patient labors of one's forerunners . The editor has consulted many humorous collections , of which the following list may serve as examples : Adams's Comic Poets ...
... hand , in editing any book like this , it is impossible to disregard the patient labors of one's forerunners . The editor has consulted many humorous collections , of which the following list may serve as examples : Adams's Comic Poets ...
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... And Ah Sin took a hand ; It was euchre - the same He did not understand ; But he smiled as he sat by the table With the smile that was childlike and bland . I Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS ...
... And Ah Sin took a hand ; It was euchre - the same He did not understand ; But he smiled as he sat by the table With the smile that was childlike and bland . I Yet the cards they were stocked In a way that A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS ...
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... hands that were played By that heathen ' Chinee , And the points that he made Were quite frightful to see , Till at ... hand , But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding In the ...
... hands that were played By that heathen ' Chinee , And the points that he made Were quite frightful to see , Till at ... hand , But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding In the ...
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... hand if I understand How you can possibly be " At once a cook , and a captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bo'sun tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " Then he gave a hitch to his trousers ...
... hand if I understand How you can possibly be " At once a cook , and a captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bo'sun tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " Then he gave a hitch to his trousers ...
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... sit and watch for people at the door . I spent no time in looking For a girl to do my cooking , As I'm quite a clever hand at making stews ; But I had that fellow Friday Just to keep the A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY 13.
... sit and watch for people at the door . I spent no time in looking For a girl to do my cooking , As I'm quite a clever hand at making stews ; But I had that fellow Friday Just to keep the A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY 13.
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A Treasury of Humorous Poetry– Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and ... Frederic Lawrence Knowles Visos knygos peržiūra - 1902 |
A Treasury of Humorous Poetry– Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and ... Frederic Lawrence Knowles Visos knygos peržiūra - 1902 |
A Treasury of Humorous Poetry– Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and ... Frederic Lawrence Knowles Visos knygos peržiūra - 1902 |
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Ahkoond ain't Behave yoursel blue Brown captain's gig Charles Charles Godfrey Leland Charles Stuart Calverley cried d'ye think dance dear eyes fair father folks Fuzzy-Wuzzy Gilpin girl give goes hair hand head hear heard heart Hot Cross Bun humorous Irishman John John Godfrey Saxe Jones kiss lady legs Lewis Carroll live look Lord maid Mamma married Mister morning mother ne'er never night niversity of Gottingen nose Number o'er Oily ould Paddy play poem pray pretty proputty rhymes rose round Sally Brown Sam Walter Foss Samuel Lover sighed sing smile song soul sure Swat sweet tail talk Tascus tell thee There's thing Thomas Hood thou thought took town true to Poll twas verse vulgar Boy Widow wife William Winthrop Mackworth Praed wonder young
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