Poetical Ingenuities and EccentricitiesWilliam T. Dobson Chatto and Windus, 1882 - 254 стор. |
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... , They fit me to a hair - how I hated their tightness ! I called , but no one came , and my stride had a tether , Oh , thou hast been the cause of this anguish , my leather ! And once again we met — and an old pal PARODY . 29.
... , They fit me to a hair - how I hated their tightness ! I called , but no one came , and my stride had a tether , Oh , thou hast been the cause of this anguish , my leather ! And once again we met — and an old pal PARODY . 29.
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... once again we met ; but no bandit chief was there ; His rouge was off , and gone that head of once luxuriant hair : He lodges in a two - pair back , and at the public near , He cannot liquidate his ' chalk , ' or wipe away his beer . I ...
... once again we met ; but no bandit chief was there ; His rouge was off , and gone that head of once luxuriant hair : He lodges in a two - pair back , and at the public near , He cannot liquidate his ' chalk , ' or wipe away his beer . I ...
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... . Perhaps in this deserted pot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod paternal may have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living liar . " The well - known lady traveller , Mrs. Burton , 48 PARODY .
... . Perhaps in this deserted pot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod paternal may have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living liar . " The well - known lady traveller , Mrs. Burton , 48 PARODY .
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... once , his linguis vibrantibis ora ; But just as he's licking his lips , and gladly preparing to taste ' em , Straight into his eyeball the skipper stridentem conjicit hastam . Straight as he feels in his eyeball the lance , growing ...
... once , his linguis vibrantibis ora ; But just as he's licking his lips , and gladly preparing to taste ' em , Straight into his eyeball the skipper stridentem conjicit hastam . Straight as he feels in his eyeball the lance , growing ...
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... replied : Vidit ille at once the snare , Looked downas quick , et etiam sighed . Das Mädchen knew each bona art Stat ludicrans superba sweet ; Simplex homo perdit his heart Declares eros ad ejus feet MACARONIC VERSE . ACARONIC 99 66.
... replied : Vidit ille at once the snare , Looked downas quick , et etiam sighed . Das Mädchen knew each bona art Stat ludicrans superba sweet ; Simplex homo perdit his heart Declares eros ad ejus feet MACARONIC VERSE . ACARONIC 99 66.
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