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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... replied , Alas , my son , I light the lamps by day- The hermit's work , at evening done , Brings me no extra pay . And get you cheese alone to eat , I asked the good old man . Sometimes , he said , I buy a treat From baked potato can ...
... replied , Alas , my son , I light the lamps by day- The hermit's work , at evening done , Brings me no extra pay . And get you cheese alone to eat , I asked the good old man . Sometimes , he said , I buy a treat From baked potato can ...
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... replied , " that he lives in the same age with Scott and Byron who write so much , and so rapidly . He is apt to undervalue his own works , and to consider his little light put out , whenever they come blazing out with their great ...
... replied , " that he lives in the same age with Scott and Byron who write so much , and so rapidly . He is apt to undervalue his own works , and to consider his little light put out , whenever they come blazing out with their great ...
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... that when Marie Antoinette was told that the poor in Paris were starving for the lack of bread , she replied " Poor things , why don't they buy some cake . " ) Our labourers need no dainties , But something strong and THOMAS CAMPBELL . 33.
... that when Marie Antoinette was told that the poor in Paris were starving for the lack of bread , she replied " Poor things , why don't they buy some cake . " ) Our labourers need no dainties , But something strong and THOMAS CAMPBELL . 33.
Page 58
... replied to the Prime - Minister's offer of a Peerage in the following strain : - Your kind intention I must damp , The game of rank's not worth my candle ; It is , sir , but the Guinness ' stamp ; My honest pewter needs no handle A SONG ...
... replied to the Prime - Minister's offer of a Peerage in the following strain : - Your kind intention I must damp , The game of rank's not worth my candle ; It is , sir , but the Guinness ' stamp ; My honest pewter needs no handle A SONG ...
Page 80
... replied " Hech , meenister , ye ken this is neether the time nor place to be asking conundrums . " So , too , it may be said , this is neither the time , nor the place to discuss questions of political economy . Yet - in answer to the ...
... replied " Hech , meenister , ye ken this is neether the time nor place to be asking conundrums . " So , too , it may be said , this is neither the time , nor the place to discuss questions of political economy . Yet - in answer to the ...
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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 3 Walter Hamilton No preview available - 1967 |
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