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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... pretty bad , or that our taste has so outgrown the mood which produced them that we are incapable of judging their merits impartially . But not all the wits , even in the eighteenth century , were busy in making pigmy arrows with ...
... pretty bad , or that our taste has so outgrown the mood which produced them that we are incapable of judging their merits impartially . But not all the wits , even in the eighteenth century , were busy in making pigmy arrows with ...
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... pretty maid , Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours , When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray , She made him quite a scoff ; And when she saw his wooden legs , Began to take them off ! " O Nelly ...
... pretty maid , Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours , When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray , She made him quite a scoff ; And when she saw his wooden legs , Began to take them off ! " O Nelly ...
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... pretty nigh all the crew was drowned 66 ( There was seventy - seven o ' soul ) , And only ten of the Nancy's men Said here ' to the muster - roll . ' There was me and the cook and the captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And ...
... pretty nigh all the crew was drowned 66 ( There was seventy - seven o ' soul ) , And only ten of the Nancy's men Said here ' to the muster - roll . ' There was me and the cook and the captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And ...
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... pretty innocent , as falls a snow - white lamb ; Her hair drooped round her pallid cheeks , like seaweed on a clam . Alas for those two loving ones ! she waked not A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY 15 THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN ...
... pretty innocent , as falls a snow - white lamb ; Her hair drooped round her pallid cheeks , like seaweed on a clam . Alas for those two loving ones ! she waked not A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY 15 THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN ...
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... pretty and strong , Peart and chipper and sassy , Always ready to swear and fight , And I'd larnt him ter chaw terbacker , Jest to keep his milk - teeth white . - The snow come down like a blanket As I passed by Taggart's store ; I went ...
... pretty and strong , Peart and chipper and sassy , Always ready to swear and fight , And I'd larnt him ter chaw terbacker , Jest to keep his milk - teeth white . - The snow come down like a blanket As I passed by Taggart's store ; I went ...
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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 |
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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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