Poetical Ingenuities and EccentricitiesWilliam T. Dobson Chatto and Windus, 1882 - 254 стор. |
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... , And gape , and gaze , and wonder , ere they sit . At first , while vacant seats give choice and ease , Distant or near , they settle where they please ; But when the multitude contracts the span , And seats 16 PARODY .
... , And gape , and gaze , and wonder , ere they sit . At first , while vacant seats give choice and ease , Distant or near , they settle where they please ; But when the multitude contracts the span , And seats 16 PARODY .
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... gives the check he takes ; Yet onward still the gathering numbers cram , Contending crowders shout the frequent damn ... Give , half ashamed , a tiny flourish still . Foiled in his crash , the leader of the clan Reproves with frowns the ...
... gives the check he takes ; Yet onward still the gathering numbers cram , Contending crowders shout the frequent damn ... Give , half ashamed , a tiny flourish still . Foiled in his crash , the leader of the clan Reproves with frowns the ...
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... give the lie , and tell the lie they give ; Jews from St. Mary Axe , for jobs so wary , That for old clothes they'd even axe St. Mary ; And bucks with pockets empty as their pate , Lax 18 PARODY .
... give the lie , and tell the lie they give ; Jews from St. Mary Axe , for jobs so wary , That for old clothes they'd even axe St. Mary ; And bucks with pockets empty as their pate , Lax 18 PARODY .
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... give at all : The firemen , terrified , are slow To bid the pumping torrent flow , For fear the roof should fall . Back , Robins , back ! Crump , stand aloof ! Whitford , keep near the walls ! Huggins , regard your own behoof , For , lo ...
... give at all : The firemen , terrified , are slow To bid the pumping torrent flow , For fear the roof should fall . Back , Robins , back ! Crump , stand aloof ! Whitford , keep near the walls ! Huggins , regard your own behoof , For , lo ...
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... , We raised him , and sighed at the thought that his head Would confoundedly ache on the morrow . We bore him home and we put him to bed , And we told his wife and daughter To give him next morning a couple of red Herrings 28 PARODY .
... , We raised him , and sighed at the thought that his head Would confoundedly ache on the morrow . We bore him home and we put him to bed , And we told his wife and daughter To give him next morning a couple of red Herrings 28 PARODY .
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