Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 3Reeves & Turner, 1886 - English wit and humor Includes parodies of Tennyson, Longfellow, Bret Harte, Thomas Hood, Swinburne, Browning, Shakespeare, Milton, Poe, Shelley, Cowper, Coleridge, Herrick, Carroll, Lever, Lover, Burns, Scott, Goldsmith, Kingsley, Byron and many others. |
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... EYE ... ... Hugh Cayley ... 235 ... 236 236 Peggy hath a squinting eye ... Lesbia hath a fowl to cook .. 245 245 246 236 ... 236 ... 236 264 Lesbia's skirt doth streaming fly . Punch , 1856 ... Lemon is a little hipped . Charles Dickens ...
... EYE ... ... Hugh Cayley ... 235 ... 236 236 Peggy hath a squinting eye ... Lesbia hath a fowl to cook .. 245 245 246 236 ... 236 ... 236 264 Lesbia's skirt doth streaming fly . Punch , 1856 ... Lemon is a little hipped . Charles Dickens ...
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... eye , To give repentance to her lover , And wring his bosom - is to die . A PARAPHRASE . 61 " " " WHEN Woman , " as ... eyes , that speak The misery of the breaking heart ; The wasted form , th'enfeebled tone That whispering mocks the ...
... eye , To give repentance to her lover , And wring his bosom - is to die . A PARAPHRASE . 61 " " " WHEN Woman , " as ... eyes , that speak The misery of the breaking heart ; The wasted form , th'enfeebled tone That whispering mocks the ...
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... eye , Degrade a spouse , disgust a lover , And spoil a scalp - skin - is to dye , SHIRLEY BROOKS . 1866 . BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER . WHEN lovely woman , still a maiden , Finds her locks are turning grey , What art can keep their hue from ...
... eye , Degrade a spouse , disgust a lover , And spoil a scalp - skin - is to dye , SHIRLEY BROOKS . 1866 . BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER . WHEN lovely woman , still a maiden , Finds her locks are turning grey , What art can keep their hue from ...
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... eye , And if she have a spoon for lover To keep him still " spoons , " is — to dye ! ON A BREACH OF PROMISE . WHEN lovely woman finds that breaches Of promise are her suitor's wear , What is it the black record bleaches , And comforts ...
... eye , And if she have a spoon for lover To keep him still " spoons , " is — to dye ! ON A BREACH OF PROMISE . WHEN lovely woman finds that breaches Of promise are her suitor's wear , What is it the black record bleaches , And comforts ...
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... eye ; And while they swore the dog was mad , They swore the man would die . But soon a wonder came to light , That ... eyes . Her love was sought , I do aver , By twenty beaux and more ; The King himself has followed her- When she has ...
... eye ; And while they swore the dog was mad , They swore the man would die . But soon a wonder came to light , That ... eyes . Her love was sought , I do aver , By twenty beaux and more ; The King himself has followed her- When she has ...
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