The Cabinet of Momus: A Choice Selection of Humorous PoemsDesilver, 1827 - 136 páginas |
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... Frenchman is to blame . A smart young bat for wenching sake , Was out one night upon the rake : ( Nay , frown not : bats , as well as men , Must -- that they must -- sin now and then :) And while a weasel was at rest Popt by mistake ...
... Frenchman is to blame . A smart young bat for wenching sake , Was out one night upon the rake : ( Nay , frown not : bats , as well as men , Must -- that they must -- sin now and then :) And while a weasel was at rest Popt by mistake ...
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... Frenchman came , One hand display'd a rushlight's trembling flame , The other held a thing they call culotte ; An old strip'd woollen nightcap grac'd his head , A tatter'd waistcoat o'er one shoulder spread , Scarce half awake , he heav ...
... Frenchman came , One hand display'd a rushlight's trembling flame , The other held a thing they call culotte ; An old strip'd woollen nightcap grac'd his head , A tatter'd waistcoat o'er one shoulder spread , Scarce half awake , he heav ...
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... Frenchman rubb'd his heavy eyes ) Is there a Mr. Thompson - lodges here ? ' • The Frenchman faulter'd with a kind of fright- ' Vy , sare , I'm sure I told you , sare , last night- ( And here he labour'd with a sigh sincere ) No Monsieur ...
... Frenchman rubb'd his heavy eyes ) Is there a Mr. Thompson - lodges here ? ' • The Frenchman faulter'd with a kind of fright- ' Vy , sare , I'm sure I told you , sare , last night- ( And here he labour'd with a sigh sincere ) No Monsieur ...
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... Frenchman and his wife , Which would descend to chase the fiend away ; At length to join their forces they agree , And strait impetuously they turn the key , Prepar'd with mutual fury for the fray . Our hero , with the firmness of a ...
... Frenchman and his wife , Which would descend to chase the fiend away ; At length to join their forces they agree , And strait impetuously they turn the key , Prepar'd with mutual fury for the fray . Our hero , with the firmness of a ...
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... Frenchman , strange to say , He took his old abode that very day-- Capricious turn of sportive Fortune's wheel ! Without one thought of the relentless foe , Who , fiend - like , haunted him so long ago , Just in his former trim he now ...
... Frenchman , strange to say , He took his old abode that very day-- Capricious turn of sportive Fortune's wheel ! Without one thought of the relentless foe , Who , fiend - like , haunted him so long ago , Just in his former trim he now ...
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answer'd APOTHECARY begg'd Bolus call'd CANUTE Charlot cries cry'd d'ye damn'd Darby deacon dead dear death devil DIBDIN dread e'er ears EPIGRAM EPITAPH eunuch ev'ry exclaim'd eyes face fair FAKENHAM fear fellow Fol de riddle folks fond Frenchman FRENEAU FROGS ghost Good-natur'd grace head heart Hodge horse KEGS kind Gentlemen King knave lady lawyer lodges look'd lord Madam Margate master meend MOMUS Monsieur Kaniferstane Monsieur Tonson ne'er neighbour never Newcastle upon Tyne night Numps o'er once pickles PINDAR pleas'd poor pray pretty prize quoth Ranger razors reply'd resolv'd riddle lol rogue roll'd round SABBATH-DAY CHACE sare seem'd seiz'd shave shew shilling sigh soon soul sure swear sweet tell thee thing thou thought Tom King tongue took TRICKS TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS turn'd Twas verger weasel WHIPSTITCH wife Zounds
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Página 109 - But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyne...
Página 113 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Página 109 - And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For thirsty and hot was he, And he sat down upon the bank, Under the willow-tree.
Página 110 - quoth he, " For an if thou hast a wife, The happiest draught thou hast drank this day That ever thou didst in thy life. " Or has thy good woman, if one thou hast, Ever here in Cornwall been ? For an if she have, I'll venture my life She has drank of the Well of St Keyne.
Página 114 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 7 - As in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, Sir, He spied a score of Kegs or more, Come floating down the tide, Sir. A sailor, too, in jerkin blue, The strange appearance viewing, First damn'd his eyes, in great surprise, Then said,
Página 9 - A hundred men with each a pen, Or more upon my word, sir, It is most true would be too few, Their valor to record, sir.
Página vi - His muzzle, formed of opposition stuff, Firm as a Foxite, would not lose its ruff; So kept it, laughing at the steel and suds. Hodge, in a passion, stretched his angry jaws, Vowing the direst vengeance, with clenched claws, On the vile cheat that sold the goods. " Razors ! A mean, confounded dog ! Not fit to scrape a hog...