A Choice of Comic and Curious VerseJohn Michael Cohen |
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... drink Your Honour's noble health . ' I heard him then , for I had just Completed my design To keep the Menai bridge from rust By boiling it in wine . I thanked him much for telling me The way he got his wealth , But chiefly for his wish ...
... drink Your Honour's noble health . ' I heard him then , for I had just Completed my design To keep the Menai bridge from rust By boiling it in wine . I thanked him much for telling me The way he got his wealth , But chiefly for his wish ...
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... drinking , And one has just entered my head ; If a man cannot drink when he's living How the Hell can he drink when he's dead ? ANON . ANON . On a Vicious Person He called thee vicious , did 290 COMIC AND CURIOUS VERSE.
... drinking , And one has just entered my head ; If a man cannot drink when he's living How the Hell can he drink when he's dead ? ANON . ANON . On a Vicious Person He called thee vicious , did 290 COMIC AND CURIOUS VERSE.
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John Michael Cohen. On Ale Of this strange drink , so like the Stygian lake , Which men call Ale , I know not what to make . Folk drink it thick and void it very thin . Therefore much dregs must needs remain within . ANON . John sobbed ...
John Michael Cohen. On Ale Of this strange drink , so like the Stygian lake , Which men call Ale , I know not what to make . Folk drink it thick and void it very thin . Therefore much dregs must needs remain within . ANON . John sobbed ...
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