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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... sight . They lik'd him much - so it appears , Most plainly - who preferred him ; And those did never want their ears , Who any time had heard him . He was not always right , ' tis true , And then he must be wrong ; But none had found it ...
... sight . They lik'd him much - so it appears , Most plainly - who preferred him ; And those did never want their ears , Who any time had heard him . He was not always right , ' tis true , And then he must be wrong ; But none had found it ...
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... sights of pain , Toss half - pence to the cripples in the lane ; There on a wintry morning , clad in rags , The Kid found Tompkins shivering on the flags- A ragged beard disguised his sallow cheeks , Which plainly showed he hadn't ...
... sights of pain , Toss half - pence to the cripples in the lane ; There on a wintry morning , clad in rags , The Kid found Tompkins shivering on the flags- A ragged beard disguised his sallow cheeks , Which plainly showed he hadn't ...
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... sight . When the drum beat , at dead of night , Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . By torch and trumpet fast array'd , Each horseman drew his battle blade , And furious every charger neigh'd . To join the ...
... sight . When the drum beat , at dead of night , Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery . By torch and trumpet fast array'd , Each horseman drew his battle blade , And furious every charger neigh'd . To join the ...
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... sight , When Radicals presumed at night , With Carter's * mutton - wicks to light Their Caroline's base treachery . Round Hobson's conduit quick array'd , Each GOWNSMAN rush'd the cause to aid , And fast about him each one laid , With ...
... sight , When Radicals presumed at night , With Carter's * mutton - wicks to light Their Caroline's base treachery . Round Hobson's conduit quick array'd , Each GOWNSMAN rush'd the cause to aid , And fast about him each one laid , With ...
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... sight , When rang the bell at dead of night , Commanding streams of gas to light Her supper - room's gay scenery . In Hart's and Nathan's costumes lent , Each polkeuse chose some visor'd Gent , And eagerly the cash was spent , To join ...
... sight , When rang the bell at dead of night , Commanding streams of gas to light Her supper - room's gay scenery . In Hart's and Nathan's costumes lent , Each polkeuse chose some visor'd Gent , And eagerly the cash was spent , To join ...
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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, Volume 3 Walter Hamilton No preview available - 1967 |
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