The Cabinet of Momus: A Choice Selection of Humorous PoemsDesilver, 1827 - 136 páginas |
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... resolv'd to write in't . No opportunity he e'er let pass Of writing the directions , on his labels , In dapper couplets , -like Gay's Fables ; Or , rather like the lines in Hudibras . Apothecary's verse ! -and where's the treason ...
... resolv'd to write in't . No opportunity he e'er let pass Of writing the directions , on his labels , In dapper couplets , -like Gay's Fables ; Or , rather like the lines in Hudibras . Apothecary's verse ! -and where's the treason ...
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... long night , ' Devour'd by spleen , and stranger to delight ; ' Till morn sends staggering home a drunken beast ' Resolv'd to break my heart as well as rest . ' A MEDICINE FOR THE LADIES . 13 Hey ! hoop 12 A Medicine for the Ladies,
... long night , ' Devour'd by spleen , and stranger to delight ; ' Till morn sends staggering home a drunken beast ' Resolv'd to break my heart as well as rest . ' A MEDICINE FOR THE LADIES . 13 Hey ! hoop 12 A Medicine for the Ladies,
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... resolv'd to spoil their happy sport ; One frenzy seiz'd both GREAT and SMALL : On the poor frogs the rogues began to fall , Meaning to splash them , not to do them hurt . As Milton quaintly sings , the stones ' gan pour , ' Indeed an ...
... resolv'd to spoil their happy sport ; One frenzy seiz'd both GREAT and SMALL : On the poor frogs the rogues began to fall , Meaning to splash them , not to do them hurt . As Milton quaintly sings , the stones ' gan pour , ' Indeed an ...
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... resolv'd to burn ; ' And- ( if the smoke bis worship's stomach turn ) To stop his royal mouth and snout : Nay , more , good PAGE ; His Majesty shall find , ' I'll always take th ' advantage of the wind , And , dam'me , try to smoke him ...
... resolv'd to burn ; ' And- ( if the smoke bis worship's stomach turn ) To stop his royal mouth and snout : Nay , more , good PAGE ; His Majesty shall find , ' I'll always take th ' advantage of the wind , And , dam'me , try to smoke him ...
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... resolv'd not thus to drop the jest , So the next night , with more of whim than grace , Again he made a visit to the place , To break once more the poor old Frenchman's rest . He knockid - but waited longer than before ; No footstep ...
... resolv'd not thus to drop the jest , So the next night , with more of whim than grace , Again he made a visit to the place , To break once more the poor old Frenchman's rest . He knockid - but waited longer than before ; No footstep ...
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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...