Poetical Ingenuities and EccentricitiesWilliam T. Dobson Chatto and Windus, 1882 - 254 стор. |
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... rhyme , ' A shilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . Happy the man , who , void of care and strife , In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oysters cried , nor sighs for cheerful ale ...
... rhyme , ' A shilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . Happy the man , who , void of care and strife , In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oysters cried , nor sighs for cheerful ale ...
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... rhyme , ' A shilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . Happy the man , who , void of care and strife , In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oysters cried , nor sighs for cheerful ale ...
... rhyme , ' A shilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . Happy the man , who , void of care and strife , In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling : he nor hears with pain New oysters cried , nor sighs for cheerful ale ...
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... rhyme ) , Out of place , -out of time , - I am shredded , shorn , unshifty , ( Oh , the fifty ! ) And the days have passed , the three , Over me ! And the debit and the credit are as one to him and me ! " Twas the random runes I wrote ...
... rhyme ) , Out of place , -out of time , - I am shredded , shorn , unshifty , ( Oh , the fifty ! ) And the days have passed , the three , Over me ! And the debit and the credit are as one to him and me ! " Twas the random runes I wrote ...
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... rhyme , To my random , reeling rhyme , By the sands along the shore , Where the tempest whispers , ' Pay him ! ' and I answer , ' Nevermore ! ' " * Bret Harte also has given a good imitation of Poe's style in " The Willows , " from ...
... rhyme , To my random , reeling rhyme , By the sands along the shore , Where the tempest whispers , ' Pay him ! ' and I answer , ' Nevermore ! ' " * Bret Harte also has given a good imitation of Poe's style in " The Willows , " from ...
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... rhyme . " In " Alice in Wonderland , " * by the same gentleman , there is this new version of an old nursery ditty : " Will you walk a little faster ? ' said a whiting to a snail , ' There's a porpoise close behind us , and he's ...
... rhyme . " In " Alice in Wonderland , " * by the same gentleman , there is this new version of an old nursery ditty : " Will you walk a little faster ? ' said a whiting to a snail , ' There's a porpoise close behind us , and he's ...
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Сторінка 25 - There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle — will you come and join the dance? Will you, wo'n't you, will you, wo'n't you, will you join the dance?
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