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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... rest on this gridiron . Punch , 1881 To the Finish I went . Dr. W. Maginn ... I saw from my window . Girl of the Period , 1869 SAIL ON , SAIL ON , THOU FEARLESS BARK 276 253 ... 253 ... 253 and Aramis ... 241 The meteing of the waters ...
... rest on this gridiron . Punch , 1881 To the Finish I went . Dr. W. Maginn ... I saw from my window . Girl of the Period , 1869 SAIL ON , SAIL ON , THOU FEARLESS BARK 276 253 ... 253 ... 253 and Aramis ... 241 The meteing of the waters ...
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... rest , Amid thy drawing - rooms the spider toils , Thy draperies the moth relentless spoils ; Gone are thy dinners , dances , parties all , And early bed o'ertops the byegone ball , And trembling , lest they last should join the band ...
... rest , Amid thy drawing - rooms the spider toils , Thy draperies the moth relentless spoils ; Gone are thy dinners , dances , parties all , And early bed o'ertops the byegone ball , And trembling , lest they last should join the band ...
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... rest , The Hermit trimmed his little fire , And cheered his pensive guest : And spread his vegetable store , And gaily prest , and smil'd ; And skill'd in legendary lore The lingering hours beguil'd . Around in sympathetic mirth Its ...
... rest , The Hermit trimmed his little fire , And cheered his pensive guest : And spread his vegetable store , And gaily prest , and smil'd ; And skill'd in legendary lore The lingering hours beguil'd . Around in sympathetic mirth Its ...
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" Each hour a mercenary crowd With richest proffers strove ; Amongst the rest young Edwin bow'd , But never talk'd of love . " In humblest , simplest habit clad , No wealth nor pow'r had he ; Wisdom and worth were all he had , But these ...
" Each hour a mercenary crowd With richest proffers strove ; Amongst the rest young Edwin bow'd , But never talk'd of love . " In humblest , simplest habit clad , No wealth nor pow'r had he ; Wisdom and worth were all he had , But these ...
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... rest of the dishes . Our L - v - rp - l's beef at the top let us find , Old England's famed diet for time out of mind : Let C - strl - gh's turtle at bottom be placed , Restoring the system and pleasing the taste : And Gr - nv - lle's ...
... rest of the dishes . Our L - v - rp - l's beef at the top let us find , Old England's famed diet for time out of mind : Let C - strl - gh's turtle at bottom be placed , Restoring the system and pleasing the taste : And Gr - nv - lle's ...
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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 3 Walter Hamilton No preview available - 1967 |
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auld auld lang syne battle beautiful belles blow blue boys brave burlesque Burns CHARLES KINGSLEY charms cheer Cleuch dear drink Duke e'en e'er England eyes fair fame Father William friends Funny Folks Gladstone gone Greeking o't green groaning hath head hear heard heart hour imitation John John Anderson Know ye Lady land light London look Lord Byron loud maid meet morning ne'er never night niversity o'er once parody poem poet poor praise pray Punch R. B. Sheridan replied roar Robert Burns Robert Southey round SHIRLEY BROOKS shout sigh sing sleep smile song soul Southey stood street sweet tell thee There's Thomas Campbell Thomas Moore thou thought Three Tory town twas verses victory W. E. Aytoun wave weep Whigs wild wind wine women young man cried youth