Epigrams and Literary FolliesW.P. Nimmo, 1868 - 127 strán (strany) |
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Strana 5
... whimsies -in short , more varieties of literary and ingenious trifling than Polonius said there were of stage- playing , or very few would suppose . It will be observed that modern epigrams have been preferred PREFACE. ...
... whimsies -in short , more varieties of literary and ingenious trifling than Polonius said there were of stage- playing , or very few would suppose . It will be observed that modern epigrams have been preferred PREFACE. ...
Strana 11
... it is right you should bear , To the left should be left quite enough of free space For the persons you chance to meet there . Punch . THE ALTAR . A Broken ALTAR , Lord , Thy LITERARY FOLLIES . II Inclose me still for fear I START. ...
... it is right you should bear , To the left should be left quite enough of free space For the persons you chance to meet there . Punch . THE ALTAR . A Broken ALTAR , Lord , Thy LITERARY FOLLIES . II Inclose me still for fear I START. ...
Strana 15
... There is a remedy , or there's none ; If there is one , try and find it , If there's not , then never mind it . ON A MAN HANGED AT NEWGATE . One morn two friends before the Newgate drop , To see a culprit throttled chanced to stop ...
... There is a remedy , or there's none ; If there is one , try and find it , If there's not , then never mind it . ON A MAN HANGED AT NEWGATE . One morn two friends before the Newgate drop , To see a culprit throttled chanced to stop ...
Strana 16
Epigrams David Laing Purves. AN OLD SAYING . There is a mistake , though the saying is old , To hear a man tell you he has a bad cold ; We must drop the saying , though long it has stood , For I never heard of a cold that was good . THE ...
Epigrams David Laing Purves. AN OLD SAYING . There is a mistake , though the saying is old , To hear a man tell you he has a bad cold ; We must drop the saying , though long it has stood , For I never heard of a cold that was good . THE ...
Strana 17
... There was a man who was Nott born , His father was Nott before him , He did Nott live , he did Nott die , And his epitaph was Nott o'er him . THE AMENDE HONOURABLE . Quoth Will , " On that young servant - maid My heart its life - string ...
... There was a man who was Nott born , His father was Nott before him , He did Nott live , he did Nott die , And his epitaph was Nott o'er him . THE AMENDE HONOURABLE . Quoth Will , " On that young servant - maid My heart its life - string ...
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accident acrostic Annie Bread ask'd Belgrade BIBO bother'd bride call'd Campbell's Lives CASUISTRY CHARLES MATHews Charon church Cockney CONCORS CORONER'S INQUEST cried Dame Ida Dean Swift dear devil Dick dram dress drunk DUMB WAITER EPIGRAMS AND LITERARY exclaim'd faith flesh fool George girl give Gold goose head heart heaven Honour Hymen Hypocrisy IDA PFEIFFER IRISH BULL Jack Jane Kill kiss KNOW THYSELF Labour lady lawyers learn'd LETTSOM LIGHT-FINGERED LITERARY FOLLIES Lord LORD DUNDONALD Lover maid MARRIAGE married mend merry MERRY THOUGHT Miss ne'er never nonsense Nott Numbers o'er palindrome Parson poet poor pray Punch quoth John replied rhyme Rose Saxe soul speak steal sure sweet t'other TEETOTUM tell thee Theodore Hook There's thief things Thou thought true twas Twill verse Watch ween What's wife wise wives woman women words xtraordinary ανδ
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Strana 29 - I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell: But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.
Strana 12 - Thy pow'r doth cut. Wherefore each part Of my hard heart Meets in this frame, To praise thy name. That, if I chance to hold my peace, These stones to praise thee may not cease. O, let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, And sanctifie this ALTAR to be Thine ! The Sacrifice.
Strana 98 - Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold : Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse — to bless — As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary ! FAIR INES.
Strana 19 - If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink : Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.
Strana 73 - SIR, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool : But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.
Strana 114 - George the First was always reckoned Vile, but viler George the Second ; And what mortal ever heard Any good of George the Third ? When from earth the Fourth descended God be praised, the Georges ended ! WS Landor.
Strana 98 - Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammered and rolled ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled : Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold : Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold...
Strana 103 - Our Life is nothing but a Winter's Day; Some only break their Fast, and so away. Others stay Dinner, and depart full fed. The deepest Age but sups and goes to bed. He's most in Debt that lingers out the Day; Who dies betimes has less and less to pay.
Strana 23 - , WE are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features ; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.