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Page 116
Let erudition grace him , or not grace , I give the bauble but the second place ; His wealth , fame , honours , all that I intend , Subsist and centre in one point - a friend . A friend , whate'er he studies or neglects , Shall give him ...
Let erudition grace him , or not grace , I give the bauble but the second place ; His wealth , fame , honours , all that I intend , Subsist and centre in one point - a friend . A friend , whate'er he studies or neglects , Shall give him ...
Page 186
Come here and kiss the infant , dears ,( And give it p'rhaps the measles ! ) ' Your charming boys I see are home From Reverend Mr Russel's ; ' Twas very kind to bring them both , – ( What boots for my new Brussels ! ) ...
Come here and kiss the infant , dears ,( And give it p'rhaps the measles ! ) ' Your charming boys I see are home From Reverend Mr Russel's ; ' Twas very kind to bring them both , – ( What boots for my new Brussels ! ) ...
Page 250
Come give us a dance on the bar ! ' And Billy would dance on the bar . Lily , she was a girl what had brains in her head ; She wouldn't have nothink , no not that much said . If it come to an argument , or a dispute , She'd settle it ...
Come give us a dance on the bar ! ' And Billy would dance on the bar . Lily , she was a girl what had brains in her head ; She wouldn't have nothink , no not that much said . If it come to an argument , or a dispute , She'd settle it ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Everyman Book of Light Verse |
| Editor | Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | Dent, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 0460045873, 9780460045872 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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