A Book of LimericksLittle, Brown,, 1888 - 166 стор. A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear, first published in 1888, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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Akond of Swat beautiful bikky Birds so happy bonnet Boulak Broom brown Chair Chankly Bore Coast of Coromandel cold cried Crumpetty Tree CUMMERBUND Daddy Long-legs danced dark ding-a-dong Discobbolos Dong Dorking dressed Duck early pumpkins Edward Lear Fimble Fish Floppy Fly hands are blue heads are green hill Ischia Jumblies live Jumbly Girl Kangaroo Knowsley lady of Greenwich Lady of Wales lands Lear's legs lovely lovely Monkey luminous Nose Mice moon nest never came back night long Nonsense NUTCRACKERS Old Lady old person pea-green Pelican Pelican jee Pelican jill perfectly person of Barnes person of Nice Ploffskin Ploshkin Plumpskin Pobble POKER pumpkins blow purchased Quangle Wangle Quee replied rode round sailed sang sate screamed scroobious Shovel sieve sing song Stilton Cheese Stuffin Sugar-tongs Thames Ditton think no Birds took verse walked Whitehaven wikky Witchy witchy wore Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò Young Lady young person
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Сторінка 84 - There was an old man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared, Two owls and a hen Four larks and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard.
Сторінка 81 - The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat ; They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the moon above, And sang to a small guitar, " O lovely Pussy ! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are...
Сторінка 56 - There was an Old Man who said, " How Shall I flee from this horrible Cow? I will sit on this stile, and continue to smile, Which may soften the heart of that Cow.
Сторінка xvii - Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Сторінка 22 - But before he touched the shore — The shore of the Bristol Channel, A sea-green Porpoise carried away His wrapper of scarlet flannel. And when he came to observe his feet, Formerly garnished with toes so neat, His face at once became forlorn On perceiving that all his toes were gone! And nobody ever knew, From that dark day to the present, Whoso had taken the Pobble's toes, In a manner so far from pleasant.
Сторінка 21 - The Pobble who has no toes, Swam across the Bristol Channel; But before he set out he wrapped his nose In a piece of scarlet flannel. For his Aunt Jobiska said, "No harm Can come to his toes if his nose is warm; And it's perfectly known that a Pobble's toes Are safe — provided he minds his nose.
Сторінка 28 - On the top of the Crumpetty Tree The Quangle Wangle sat, But his face you could not see, On account of his Beaver Hat. For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide, With ribbons and bibbons on every side, And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace, So that nobody ever could see the face Of the Quangle Wangle Quee. The Quangle Wangle said 10 To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, "Jam, and jelly, and bread Are the best of food for me!
Сторінка 14 - They sailed to the Western Sea, they did, To a land all covered with trees, And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees. And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese. Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live ; Their heads are green and their hands...
Сторінка 23 - How pleasant to know Mr Lear!' Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think him ill-tempered and queer, But a few think him pleasant enough.