A Choice of Comic and Curious VerseJohn Michael Cohen |
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Page 55
... Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes ; Now , although the room grows chilly , I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy . HARRY GRAHAM Misfortunes never come Singly Making toast at the fireside , Nurse fell in the grate and died ; And ...
... Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes ; Now , although the room grows chilly , I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy . HARRY GRAHAM Misfortunes never come Singly Making toast at the fireside , Nurse fell in the grate and died ; And ...
Page 271
... fell off roofs , and five were hit by trains . One was harpooned , one gored by a bull - moose , Four on the Fourth fell victims to lock - jaw , Ten in electric chair or hempen noose Suffered the last exaction of the law . Stranger ...
... fell off roofs , and five were hit by trains . One was harpooned , one gored by a bull - moose , Four on the Fourth fell victims to lock - jaw , Ten in electric chair or hempen noose Suffered the last exaction of the law . Stranger ...
Page 353
... fell into the roaring flood below , and made a fearful splash , Which rose high above the din of the storm , The like brave Carl never heard since he was born . Then father ! father ! cried Carl in his loudest 353 THE SADNESS OF THINGS.
... fell into the roaring flood below , and made a fearful splash , Which rose high above the din of the storm , The like brave Carl never heard since he was born . Then father ! father ! cried Carl in his loudest 353 THE SADNESS OF THINGS.
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