This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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20113 | So away they went with a hop and a bound, And they hopped the whole world three times round; And who so happy,--O who, As the Duck and the Kangaroo? |
20113 | [ Illustration]"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?" |
20113 | too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?" |
11979 | And thus accosted him:"What news? |
11979 | Away went Gilpin-- who but he? |
11979 | what news? |
11979 | your tidings tell; Tell me you must and shall-- Say why bareheaded you are come, Or why you come at all?" |
40134 | Can Quinine Replace Cold Baths and Sound Hygiene? |
40134 | Do you think that a Climate can conquer the grit Of the Sons of the West? |
40134 | [ Illustration] A Gentleman remained to fight-- With what result for him? |
14706 | But could my kind engross me? |
14706 | Hoary and bent I dance one hour: What though I die at morn? |
14706 | Stern Art-- what sons escape her? |
35051 | And, if I like her very much, And if she cares for me a bit, Where is the harm of look or touch If neither of us mentions it? |
35051 | I was unlucky with my wives, So are the most of married men; Undoubtedly they lost their lives,-- Of course, but even so, what then? |
35051 | My habits, I would have you know, Are perfect, as they''ve always been; You ask if I am good, and go To church, and keep my fingers clean? |
35051 | Will you do it, please, again? |
35051 | [ Illustration] Appreciation AUNTIE, did you feel no pain Falling from that apple tree? |
45292 | Swims not the Cod in curves? |
45292 | Thus, while the Lion lives on meat, The Pheasant is content with wheat.= Who then, when beasts do not agree,` Shall venture to decide? |
45292 | Why this dislike to''following the nose''` Which all the best authorities endorse? |
45292 | ` Or move straight backward, like the jibbing Horse Why this absurd and pitiable pose` That takes delight in any devious course? |
13648 | Do you not know who is the writer of it? |
13648 | Is it you?" |
13648 | [ Illustration] There was a young lady in blue, Who said,"Is it you? |
13648 | [ Illustration] There was an old Man in a Garden, Who always begged every one''s pardon; When they asked him,"What for?" |
13648 | [ Illustration] There was an old man of Toulouse Who purchased a new pair of shoes; When they asked,"Are they pleasant?" |
13648 | [ Illustration] There was an old person of Deal, Who in walking used only his heel; When they said,"Tell us why?" |
13648 | [ Illustration] There was an old person of Loo, Who said,"What on earth shall I do?" |
13648 | [ Illustration] There was an old person of Ware, Who rode on the back of a bear; When they ask''d,"Does it trot?" |
982 | He replied,"Who are you?" |
982 | There was a Young Lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, She exclaimed,"What of that?" |
982 | There was a Young Lady of Parma, Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer; When they said,"Are you dumb?" |
982 | There was an Old Lady of Prague, Whose language was horribly vague; When they said,"Are these caps?" |
982 | There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said,"Does it buzz?" |
982 | There was an Old Man of Aosta, Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her; But they said,"Do n''t you see, She has rushed up a tree? |
982 | There was an Old Man of the West, Who wore a pale plum- coloured vest; When they said,"Does it fit?" |
982 | There was an Old Man who said,"How,-- Shall I flee from this horrible Cow? |
982 | There was an Old Person of Gretna, Who rushed down the crater of Etna; When they said,"Is it hot?" |
982 | There was an Old Person of Hurst, Who drank when he was not athirst; When they said,"You''ll grow fatter,"He answered,"What matter?" |
982 | There was an old Man of th''Abruzzi, So blind that he could n''t his foot see; When they said,"That''s your toe,"He replied,"Is it so?" |
982 | There was an old Person of Burton, Whose answers were rather uncertain; When they said,"How d''ye do?" |
982 | When they said--"Is it small?" |
982 | Will NOBODY answer this bell? |
13646 | When they said,"Is it small?" |
13646 | Will_ nobody_ answer this bell? |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was a Young Lady of Hull, Who was chased by a virulent Bull; But she seized on a spade, and called out,"Who''s afraid?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was a Young Lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed,"What of that?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was a Young Lady of Parma, Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer: When they said,"Are you dumb?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Lady of Prague, Whose language was horribly vague; When they said,"Are these caps?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said,"Does it buzz?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Man of the West, Who wore a pale plum- colored vest; When they said,"Does it fit?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Man who said,"How Shall I flee from this horrible Cow? |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Person of Burton, Whose answers were rather uncertain; When they said,"How d''ye do?" |
13646 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Person of Gretna, Who rushed down the crater of Etna; When they said,"Is it hot?" |
13646 | he answered"What matter?" |
13646 | he replied,"Who are you?" |
13647 | But, if we may take the liberty of inquiring, on what do you chiefly subsist? |
13647 | Can we be of any service to you, O crusty Crabbies? |
13647 | Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring? |
13647 | Do n''t you think we could ride without being instructed, Without any saddle or bridle or spur? 13647 Ai n''t you pleased with my song? |
13647 | Do you think we are able?" |
13647 | Eggsy- any, Little hen? |
13647 | Floppy Fly,"Why do you never come to court? |
13647 | I''ve as many legs as you: Why ca n''t we walk on two?" |
13647 | Must you needs be so cruel, you beautiful Broom, Because you are covered with paint? |
13647 | On which Violet, who was perfectly acquainted with the art of mitten- making, said to the Crabs,"Do your claws unscrew, or are they fixtures?" |
13647 | Ought she not to wear a bonnet?'' |
13647 | Shall we go? |
13647 | Shall we try? |
13647 | So they called out,"Is that a mouse?" |
13647 | Why do you never go at all? |
13647 | is it because I''m so thin, And my legs are so long,--ding- a- dong, ding- a- dong!-- That you do n''t care about me a pin? |
13647 | let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?" |
13647 | who, As the Duck and the Kangaroo? |
13647 | why do n''t you heed my complaint? |
13647 | wo n''t they be soon upset, you know? |
36543 | ''And_ where_ are the Police?'' |
36543 | ''My_ husband_?'' |
36543 | ''What_ is_ the Government about?'' |
36543 | As from his breast the Bill he drew,''Shall this be borne,''he asked,''by you?'' |
36543 | I shall never eat it again, for at Princes''If I cry for it there, will they understand? |
36543 | In the street the slime may spatter Ev''ry wretched passer- by; Hail and sleet and snow may batter On my window- pane-- what matter? |
36543 | My friend, why did you hold your hand, Why falter, why desist, When there are treasures in the land That never would be missed? |
36543 | Or that ev''ry one should mention-- proud and humble, poor and rich-- That a vote for Mr. Johnson is a vote for Little Tich? |
36543 | RHYMES FOR THE TIMES''WHAT''S IN A NAME?'' |
36543 | What on earth care I? |
36543 | Where would Mother England be? |
36543 | Who would be a Man of Letters, Ink on paper daily dribbling, In a fashion which his betters Scornfully describe as''scribbling''? |
36543 | Who would practise a vocation So unlucrative and painful, To deserve a designation Cruelly disdainful? |
36543 | Who would term Lord Claud''s directors''Guinea- pigs''or''fee collectors''? |
36543 | xi RHYMES FOR THE TIMES''WHAT''S IN A NAME?'' |
35059 | At some crowded railway station He comes running up to you, And exclaims with agitation,"Take my ticket, will you, too?" |
35059 | But a fond paternal Government( in Belgium, need I add?) |
35059 | Do not autocrats, dictators, All who lead successful lives, Swear repeatedly at waiters, Curse consistently at wives? |
35059 | Do we grudge these godlike creatures Picture- cards that advertise-- Calcium lights that flood their features From the flies? |
35059 | Do you shudder at their Jaeger underclothing, Which is"fearfully and wonderfully made"? |
35059 | Does its message fail to reach you in your den, Where the ink that once so sluggishly was crawling Courses swiftly through your stylographic pen? |
35059 | For is not"Brev: the Soul of Wit"? |
35059 | He whose one prevailing passion Is himself? |
35059 | Is it too late to laugh at fate? |
35059 | My bust by Rod:( what matt: the cost?) |
35059 | Shall the heads of_ the_ Profession, Histrionic argonauts, Be denied the frank expression Of their thoughts? |
35059 | Though in manner they resemble"poor relations,"Or umbrellas which their owners have forgot, They contribute to the gaiety of nations, Do they not? |
35059 | VIII THE FADDIST Gentle Reader, is your bosom filled with loathing At the mention of the"Simple Life"brigade? |
35059 | What cares he for rank or fashion, Politics or place or pelf? |
35059 | What does he do? |
35059 | What form of earthly hardship could be greater Than that which daily overwhelms the waiter? |
35059 | What music on our ears is falling? |
35059 | What strains are these that echo clear? |
35059 | With your diatribes eternally before me, How on earth can I expect to feel inspired? |
35059 | Wo n''t you give him something novel and attractive To review? |
36702 | ''Comment ça va?'' |
36702 | ''Have you the penknife of my Aunt? |
36702 | ''I broke the record to Tunbridge Wells, And I shouted aloud, to all concerned,"Give room, good folk, do you hear my bells?" |
36702 | ''Que voulez- vous?'' |
36702 | ''Twas one of my most cherished dreams To write a Moral Book some day;-- What says the Bard? |
36702 | ( Dear, dear my heart''s desire, can I be talking sense?) |
36702 | ( Is''hanged''the perfect tense of''hang''? |
36702 | And call we not Corelli friend? |
36702 | And the luffly German band? |
36702 | But a few of his articles never came back, And their whereabouts no one was able to track, For some persons who edited,( Can it be credited?) |
36702 | Did he slip? |
36702 | For ours is the primeval clan, From which all lesser lights descend; Is Crockett not our countryman? |
36702 | I fixed him with my cold grey eye, But all in vain; at last I knew That porter hated me;( though why I can not understand, can you?) |
36702 | I have been criticised a lot; I venture to inquire what for? |
36702 | I was unlucky with my wives, So are the most of married men; Undoubtedly they lost their lives,-- Of course, but even so, what then? |
36702 | II''ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST''What is Enough? |
36702 | Mais qu''est- ce que c''est que ça?'' |
36702 | My habits, I would have you know, Are perfect, as they''ve always been; You ask if I am good, and go To church, and keep my fingers clean? |
36702 | My verses may indeed be few, But are they not, to quote the poet,''The sweetest things that ever grew Beside a human door''? |
36702 | O cruel Fortune, tell me, why Am I allowed to live? |
36702 | One day for fun I chanced to try A bottle of-- what_ is_ the name? |
36702 | PART III_ PERVERTED PROVERBS_ I''VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD''Virtue its own reward? |
36702 | So, raising high my raucous cry, I ask( and Fates no answer give), Why am I pre- ordained to die? |
36702 | Straight rose a German and remarked''Vot of die Vaterland? |
36702 | Then roughly asked me, had I got A head as empty as a bubble? |
36702 | They say that a Contented Mind Is a Continual Feast;--but where The mental frame, and how to find, Which can with Turtle Soup compare? |
36702 | To seek for Morals here''s a task Of which you well may be despairing;''What has become of them?'' |
36702 | Was he cracked? |
36702 | What can compare with those? |
36702 | What can compare with those? |
36702 | Who knows how rich a mental meal The covers of_ this_ book conceal? |
36702 | Why is it? |
36702 | Yet, what''s a spanking to the fun Of leaving vital things Undone? |
36702 | why am I alone denied The Humour of a weak inside? |
13649 | Suppose we should fall down flumpetty, Just like pieces of stone, On to the thorns, or into the moat, What would become of your new green coat? 13649 And might you not break a bone? 13649 And what can we expect if we have n''t any dinner, But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner? |
13649 | At night if he suddenly screams and wakes, Do they bring him only a few small cakes, or a LOT, For the Akond of Swat? |
13649 | But there came to the Crumpetty Tree Mr. and Mrs. Canary; And they said,"Did ever you see Any spot so charmingly airy? |
13649 | Can he write a letter concisely clear Without a speck or a smudge or smear or BLOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Discobbolos?" |
13649 | Do his people like him extremely well? |
13649 | Do his people prig in the lanes or park? |
13649 | Does he beat his wife with a gold- topped pipe, When she lets the gooseberries grow too ripe, or ROT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold, or HOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he drink small beer from a silver jug? |
13649 | Does he like his shawl to be marked with a stripe, or a DOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he like new cream, and hate mince- pies? |
13649 | Does he like to lie on his back in a boat Like the lady who lived in that isle remote, SHALLOTT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he like to sit by the calm blue wave? |
13649 | Does he live on turnips, tea, or tripe? |
13649 | Does he sail about on an inland lake, in a YACHT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk, And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk, or TROT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or chair, or SQUAT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed, or a mat, or a COT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Does he study the wants of his own dominion? |
13649 | Does he teach his subjects to roast and bake? |
13649 | Does he wear a turban, a fez, or a hat? |
13649 | Does he wear a white tie when he dines with friends, And tie it neat in a bow with ends, or a KNOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | For we''ve nothing in the house, Save a tiny slice of lemon and a teaspoonful of honey, And what to do for dinner-- since we have n''t any money? |
13649 | If he catches them then, either old or young, Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung, or_ shot_, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Is he quiet, or always making a fuss? |
13649 | Is he tall or short, or dark or fair? |
13649 | Is he wise or foolish, young or old? |
13649 | Is his steward a Swiss or a Swede or a Russ, or a SCOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | May we build a nest on your lovely Hat? |
13649 | Or a bowl? |
13649 | Or do they, whenever they can, rebel, or PLOT, At the Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Or does n''t he care for public opinion a JOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Or even at times, when days are dark, GAROTTE? |
13649 | Or to sleep and snore in a dark green cave, or a GROTT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?" |
13649 | To amuse his mind do his people show him Pictures, or any one''s last new poem, or WHAT, For the Akond of Swat? |
13649 | When he looks at the sun does he wink his eyes, or NOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | When he writes a copy in round- hand size, Does he cross his T''s and finish his I''s with a DOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | Who, or why, or which, or_ what_, Is the Akond of SWAT? |
13649 | Why do n''t you fly by day?" |
13649 | Will you please to go away? |
13649 | or a POT, The Akond of Swat? |
13649 | or a cup? |
13649 | or a glass? |
13649 | or a mug? |
15370 | Alack- a- Dey, famished I feel; Oh, good little Tootle- Tum- Teh, Where on earth shall I look for a meal? 15370 And shall I get so plump and fresh, And look no longer seedily? |
15370 | And will my whiskers curl so tight? 15370 But what are dukes and viscounts to The happiness of all my crew? |
15370 | But, p''r''aps, kind Turk, you''re full inside? |
15370 | Dear Tootle- Tum, what shall we do? 15370 I''ve come, De Peckham Rye, To do a Christian task; You ask me what would I? |
15370 | In this, my unenlightened state, To work in heavy boots I comes, Will pumps henceforward decorate My tiddle toddle tootsicums? 15370 Indeed?" |
15370 | It''s tone esoteric in force-- I trust that I make myself clear? |
15370 | Oh, ah!--indeed-- I see,The troubadour exclaimed--"If I may make so free, How is this castle named?" |
15370 | Oh, holy father,Alice said,"''twould grieve you, would it not? |
15370 | Oh, massa, why you go away? 15370 Shall I be freed?" |
15370 | Then only the cook and me was left, And the delicate question,''Which Of us two goes to the kettle?'' 15370 Why come you here to bother one? |
15370 | Why should I want to spend my nights In Parliament, a- making speeches? 15370 Will trousers, such as yours, array Extremities inferior? |
15370 | And I said to him,"Dicky- bird, why do you sit Singing''Willow, titwillow, titwillow?'' |
15370 | And I''ll wager in their joy they kissed each other''s cheek( Which is what them, furriners do), And they blessed their lucky stars? |
15370 | And if it be neither of these, say I, Why do you sit and sob and sigh? |
15370 | And the glories of its treasures Shadow of a shade? |
15370 | And who so fit to sit in it, deny it if you can, As this very great-- this very good-- this very gifted man? |
15370 | Are its palaces and pleasures Fantasies that fade? |
15370 | But haughty Pish- Tush- Pooh- Bah Said,"Alack- a- Dey, what does this mean?" |
15370 | But will it be believed that he, With grin upon his face of poppy, Declined my aid, while thanking me For what he called my"philanthroppy?" |
15370 | D''ye see? |
15370 | Did they with thirst in summer burn? |
15370 | Did you ever? |
15370 | Had I a headache? |
15370 | Have you e''er a lover a- dangling after you? |
15370 | He seized his clarion straight, And blew thereat, until A warden oped the gate,"Oh, what might be your will?" |
15370 | He''ll ask then and there, with an insolent stare, If you know that you''re paid to be funny?" |
15370 | His most æsthetic, Very magnetic Fancy took this turn--"If I can wheedle A knife or needle, Why not a Silver Churn?" |
15370 | I cried,"Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?" |
15370 | I fain would discover If you have a lover? |
15370 | I hear you asking, Why-- Why in the world I sing This tawdry, tinselled thing? |
15370 | I''ve a highly intelligent face-- My features can not be denied-- But, whatever I try, sir, I fail in-- and why, sir? |
15370 | IS LIFE A BOON? |
15370 | If I abjure fermented drink, Shall I, indeed, resemble you? |
15370 | If love is a nettle that makes you smart, Why do you wear it next your heart? |
15370 | If so? |
15370 | Is it but a world of trouble-- Sadness set to song? |
15370 | Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" |
15370 | Is its beauty but a bubble Bound to break ere long? |
15370 | Is life a boon? |
15370 | Is life a thorn? |
15370 | It adds to the task Of a merryman''s place, When your principal asks, With a scowl on his face, If you know that you''re paid to be funny?" |
15370 | It can not be blissful, as''tis said, Or why are their eyes so wondrous red? |
15370 | It can not be joy and rapture deep, Or why do these gentle ladies weep? |
15370 | It can not be kind as they''d imply, Or why do these gentle ladies sigh? |
15370 | It come uncommon near, But we answered with a cheer, Which paralyzed the Parley- voo, D''ye see? |
15370 | It made him moan-- it made him groan And almost wore him to a mummy: Why should I hesitate to own That pain was in his little tummy? |
15370 | My cheeks grow smug and muttony? |
15370 | My coat so blue and buttony? |
15370 | My face become so red and white? |
15370 | My skin will henceforth fit my flesh So tightly and so Tweedie- ly?" |
15370 | Now tell me pray, and tell me true, What in the world should the poor soul do? |
15370 | Now tell me pray, and tell me true, What in the world should the poor soul do? |
15370 | Oh, is there not one maiden breast Which does not feel the moral beauty Of making worldly interest Subordinate to sense of duly? |
15370 | Oh, is there not one maiden here, Whose homely face and bad complexion Have caused all hopes to disappear Of ever winning man''s affection? |
15370 | Prithee, pretty maiden, will you marry me? |
15370 | Sir Hugh he darkly frowned,"What would you, sir, with me?" |
15370 | Sound words of advice and encouragement on the text"What must I do to be saved?" |
15370 | The padre said,"Whatever have you been and gone and done?" |
15370 | Try we life long, we can never Straighten out life''s tangled skein, Why should we, in vain endeavor, Guess and guess and guess again? |
15370 | WOULD YOU KNOW? |
15370 | We were hardy British tars Who had pity on a poor Parley- voo, D''ye see? |
15370 | What kind of plaint have I, Who perish in July? |
15370 | What though mortal joys be hollow? |
15370 | What, though I can not meet my bills? |
15370 | What, though I suffer toothache''s ills? |
15370 | What, though I swallow countless pills? |
15370 | What, though I''m in a sorry case? |
15370 | What, though solemn shadows fall, Sooner, later, over all? |
15370 | Wherefore waste our elocution On impossible solution? |
15370 | While a beautiful Saracen maiden Is whipped by a Saracen snob? |
15370 | Whither, whither art thou fleeting? |
15370 | Who would not give up willingly All matrimonial ambition, To rescue such a one as I From his unfortunate position? |
15370 | Why waken from its slumbers The aching memory of the old, old days? |
15370 | Will chubbiness assert its sway All over my exterior? |
15370 | With her skirt at her shameful knee, And her painted, tainted phiz: Ah, matron, which of us is? |
15370 | Would you know the kind of maid Sets my heart a flame- a? |
15370 | said good Doctor Brown,"So this is Turkish coyness, is it? |
15370 | sighed the maids assembled; Had I a cold? |
15370 | welled forth the silent tear; Did I look pale? |
13650 | But, if we may take the liberty of inquiring, on what do you chiefly subsist? |
13650 | Can we be of any service to you, O crusty Crabbies? |
13650 | Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring? |
13650 | Do n''t you think we could ride without being instructed, Without any saddle or bridle or spur? 13650 Do you not know who is the writer of it?" |
13650 | Suppose we should fall down flumpetty, Just like pieces of stone, On to the thorns, or into the moat, What would become of your new green coat? 13650 Ai n''t you pleased with my song? |
13650 | And might you not break a bone? |
13650 | And what can we expect if we have n''t any dinner, But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?" |
13650 | At night if he suddenly screams and wakes, Do they bring him only a few small cakes, or a LOT, For the Akond of Swat? |
13650 | But there came to the Crumpetty Tree Mr. and Mrs. Canary; And they said,"Did ever you see Any spot so charmingly airy? |
13650 | Can he write a letter concisely clear Without a speck or a smudge or smear or BLOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Discobbolos?" |
13650 | Do his people like him extremely well? |
13650 | Do his people prig in the lanes or park? |
13650 | Do you think we are able?" |
13650 | Does he beat his wife with a gold- topped pipe, When she lets the gooseberries grow too ripe, or ROT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold, or HOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he drink small beer from a silver jug? |
13650 | Does he like his shawl to be marked with a stripe, or a DOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he like new cream, and hate mince- pies? |
13650 | Does he like to lie on his back in a boat Like the lady who lived in that isle remote, SHALLOTT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he like to sit by the calm blue wave? |
13650 | Does he live on turnips, tea, or tripe? |
13650 | Does he sail about on an inland lake, in a YACHT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk, And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk, or TROT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or chair, or SQUAT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed, or a mat, or a COT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Does he study the wants of his own dominion? |
13650 | Does he teach his subjects to roast and bake? |
13650 | Does he wear a turban, a fez, or a hat? |
13650 | Does he wear a white tie when he dines with friends, And tie it neat in a bow with ends, or a KNOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Eggsy- any, Little hen? |
13650 | Floppy Fly,"Why do you never come to court? |
13650 | For we''ve nothing in the house, Save a tiny slice of lemon and a teaspoonful of honey, And what to do for dinner-- since we have n''t any money? |
13650 | I''ve as many legs as you: Why ca n''t we walk on two?" |
13650 | If he catches them then, either old or young, Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung, or_ shot_, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Is he quiet, or always making a fuss? |
13650 | Is he tall or short, or dark or fair? |
13650 | Is he wise or foolish, young or old? |
13650 | Is his steward a Swiss or a Swede or a Russ, or a SCOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Is it you?" |
13650 | May we build a nest on your lovely Hat? |
13650 | Must you needs be so cruel, you beautiful Broom, Because you are covered with paint? |
13650 | On which Violet, who was perfectly acquainted with the art of mitten- making, said to the Crabs,"Do your claws unscrew, or are they fixtures?" |
13650 | Or a bowl? |
13650 | Or do they, whenever they can, rebel, or PLOT, At the Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Or does n''t he care for public opinion a JOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Or even at times, when days are dark, GAROTTE? |
13650 | Or to sleep and snore in a dark green cave, or a GROTT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | Ought she not to wear a bonnet?'' |
13650 | Shall we go? |
13650 | Shall we try? |
13650 | Sitting where the pumpkins blow, Will you come and be my wife?" |
13650 | So they called out,"Is that a mouse?" |
13650 | To amuse his mind do his people show him Pictures, or any one''s last new poem, or WHAT, For the Akond of Swat? |
13650 | What bearing may we assume the foregoing couplet to have upon Mr. Lear''s political views? |
13650 | When he looks at the sun does he wink his eyes, or NOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | When he writes a copy in round- hand size, Does he cross his T''s and finish his I''s with a DOT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | When they asked,''Does it hurt?'' |
13650 | When they said,"Is it small?" |
13650 | Who, or why, or which, or_ what_, Is the Akond of SWAT? |
13650 | Why do n''t you fly by day?" |
13650 | Why do you never go at all? |
13650 | Will you please to go away? |
13650 | Will_ nobody_ answer this bell? |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was a Young Lady of Hull, Who was chased by a virulent Bull; But she seized on a spade, and called out,"Who''s afraid?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was a Young Lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed,"What of that?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was a Young Lady of Parma, Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer: When they said,"Are you dumb?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was a young lady in blue, Who said,"Is it you? |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Lady of Prague, Whose language was horribly vague; When they said,"Are these caps?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said,"Does it buzz?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Man of the West, Who wore a pale plum- colored vest; When they said,"Does it fit?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Man who said,"How Shall I flee from this horrible Cow? |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Person of Burton, Whose answers were rather uncertain; When they said,"How d''ye do?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an Old Person of Gretna, Who rushed down the crater of Etna; When they said,"Is it hot?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an old Man in a Garden, Who always begged every one''s pardon; When they asked him,"What for?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an old man of Toulouse Who purchased a new pair of shoes; When they asked,"Are they pleasant?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an old person of Deal, Who in walking used only his heel; When they said,"Tell us why?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an old person of Loo, Who said,"What on earth shall I do?" |
13650 | [ Illustration] There was an old person of Ware, Who rode on the back of a bear; When they ask''d,"Does it trot?" |
13650 | he answered"What matter?" |
13650 | he replied,"Who are you?" |
13650 | is it because I''m so thin, And my legs are so long,--ding- a- dong, ding- a- dong!-- That you do n''t care about me a pin? |
13650 | let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?" |
13650 | or a POT, The Akond of Swat? |
13650 | or a cup? |
13650 | or a glass? |
13650 | or a mug? |
13650 | who, As the Duck and the Kangaroo? |
13650 | why do n''t you heed my complaint? |
13650 | wo n''t they be soon upset, you know? |
49684 | )_[ Illustration: 9050] AVE you read B. P. Du Chaillu? 49684 Are to me unblest, sir"--"Duck and Peas?" |
49684 | Eat, sir? 49684 Excruciating girl;--"Sole Empress of the breast of Fi,"What_ can_ the object be,"For you to get a Lock for which"You ne''er can get a Key? |
49684 | Fish, sir? |
49684 | I ca n''t digest, sir--''Roe, sir?" |
49684 | Just think, if I should wear a wig,How would you like me, Zadie? |
49684 | Keep fast the gates there- who is thisThat insists on bursting thro''?" |
49684 | Perceiv''st thou verdure in my eye? 49684 Shrimps, sir? |
49684 | Sooner eat the dish, sir--_ Hath_ a puppy charms for Briton? 49684 Those that Hobgoblin call you, and swee Puck You do their work, and they shall have good luck, Are not you he?" |
49684 | What rash foe assail? |
49684 | Whilst I kindly pour''d the tea out, and the cream that look''d so yellow? |
49684 | X-- X? 49684 __ Kirke''s Memoirs_[ Illustration: 9043] OW do the Daughters Come down at Dunoon? |
49684 | slowyou find? |
49684 | -- Was there a man obeyed? |
49684 | A brothers voice? |
49684 | A set that no dentist may trammel? |
49684 | A something that ends with an E?-- It must be my cousin So- Sle? |
49684 | A son-- perchance like me-- And children fair with golden hair To cling around thy knee? |
49684 | Are there any more passengers? |
49684 | But ev''ry Celt afraid, Gazed on the grub dismay''d-- Twigg''d he had blunder''d;--"Who can eat rancid grease? |
49684 | Call_ this_ a room a- piecc?" |
49684 | Chaillu of the Big Baboon? |
49684 | Crawfish? |
49684 | Did you never fancy something Horrid, underneath the bed? |
49684 | Did you never feel the clammy Terror, starting from each pore, At a shocking Sort of knocking On your chamber door? |
49684 | Do you sigh for ambrosial hair? |
49684 | Ear- piercing in at the drawing room door-- Down- bellowing, right thro''the nursery floor-- Like a hundred power bellows? |
49684 | Flesh or fowl that one can eat, sir?" |
49684 | Flora of the raven ringlets, Flora of the shining hair? |
49684 | For clustering ringlets to match? |
49684 | For the Night Mail North, old man?-- Old statue of despair-- Why tug and strain at the iron gate? |
49684 | For the Night Mail North? |
49684 | Hast thou view''d her on thy beat? |
49684 | Have you got no wholesome meat, sir? |
49684 | He who slew the fierce Gorilla In the Mountains of the Moon? |
49684 | How day after day, without being hurt, A man can drag his own flesh thro''the dirt For a thousand pounds at his Broker''s? |
49684 | Is it ivory teeth you desire? |
49684 | Mark''d, I say, her fairy figure In the wilderness of Bow? |
49684 | One cherub face is wet with grief-- What ails you little lad? |
49684 | Or a ghastly skeletonian, In the garret overhead? |
49684 | Or a sudden life- like movement, Of the_ Vandyke_, grim and tall? |
49684 | Or that ruddy Mark, a bloody Stain upon the wall? |
49684 | Perhaps it was the flies that haunt That soul- subduing hour? |
49684 | Perhaps-- you''ve burnt your tongue? |
49684 | Prawns, sir? |
49684 | Sausage?" |
49684 | Scallops ready in a twinkle? |
49684 | Slow it is, is it? |
49684 | Splendid it is; but we musnt stop, The folks are beginning to run,-- Is yonder a cloud that covers the course? |
49684 | Take a bit of grass?" |
49684 | Tell me quick, and no palaver, For I am a man of heat-- Hast thou seen her, X 100? |
49684 | That little wee word Fo- Fum? |
49684 | That your cheek should be rosy and plump? |
49684 | The lips that blest, the arms that prest, The neck to which you clung? |
49684 | The thundering crank, and the mighty wheel!-- Are there any more pasengers For the Night.. Mail.. to the North? |
49684 | There goes Jones''s head!--no, it''s only his cap!-- Jones, my boy, who''s your hatter? |
49684 | This was the ultimate remark; A voice replied far thro''the dark,"X-- X? |
49684 | Those matchless charms which like the sun Lit up Belinda Place-- What fiend, I ask, in human mask Has dared to black your face? |
49684 | Thou hast a gentle wife at home? |
49684 | Traced her lilliputian foot- prints On the sands of Rotten Row? |
49684 | Was gallant Fo- Fum Constrain''d to succumb To the"thrall of delicious fetters,"-- Or pretty Fe- Fi Induced to supply The text of the missing letters? |
49684 | Wh------ish R------ush Wh-----ish r------ush.-----"What''s all that hullabaloo? |
49684 | What Bard shall dare? |
49684 | What frantic fiend has done the deed That rends your charms from me? |
49684 | When shall their story fade? |
49684 | Where shall fancy find one fit, O Fit to fill thy vacant place? |
49684 | Whilst its lurid eyes glared on you From the darkness where it sat-- And you_ could_ not, Or you_ would_ not, See it was the cat? |
49684 | Who can be the graceful ditt- o Ditto to that form and face? |
49684 | Who, hideous, trails a slimy form, Betwixt the moonlight pale; And the pale, fearful, sleeping face? |
49684 | Why still with scarifying sleeve That tearful visage rub? |
49684 | Winkle? |
49684 | Wonder''d what the girl was up to-- What the deuce her little game was? |
49684 | Would you look on a mother in all her pride? |
49684 | Wuw-- Wuw-- Wuw-- Wuw-- Wuw-- Wuw-- W- Waterloo Place? |
49684 | Yellow? |
49684 | Yes- ser, on the dresser Pork, sir"--"Pork, sir, I detest, sir"--"Lobsters?" |
49684 | You miss some well remembered face The merry rout among? |
49684 | You''re altogether off your feed, Your laughing looks have fled,-- Perhaps some little faithful friend Has punch''d your little head? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 0064][ Illustration: 5065] AH, WHO? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 0084] Then-- but why should I confide you, what you know as well as I do? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 0170] Who has n''t heard of the infant squall? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 9068] UNCH, sir? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 9097] DO you wish that your face should be fair? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 9132] ID you never hear a rustling, In the comer of your room; When the faint fantastic fire- light Served but to reveal the gloom? |
49684 | [ Illustration: 9160] AS any one read the great lunacy case? |
49684 | _ Can_ the soul rejoice in kitton? |
49684 | a sister''s smile? |
49684 | dear, now what can it be? |
49684 | hast thou found my treasure,-- Hast thou seen my vanish''d Fair? |
49684 | thou answ''rest nothing, And my senseless anger dies; Who would look for"speculation"In a boil''d potato''s eyes? |
49684 | too late, too late, She is gone, you may safely swear; She has given you the slip, d''you hear? |
49684 | too soon misplaced!-- Why is it that parental taste On sagest calculation based So rarely pleases Miss? |
49684 | who will over the Downs with me?" |
49684 | wretched girl, What horror do I see? |
6652 | ''Tis Hercules,replies the shrinking peer;"Strong fellow, hey, my lord? |
6652 | ( Have you not read the Rights of Man, by Tom Paine? 6652 And hast thou nerve enough?" |
6652 | And what can a lone woman do? 6652 And yet you got no shares,"Says Jim,"for all your boast;""I WOULD have wrote,"says Jack,"but where Was the penny to pay the post?" |
6652 | Are we restricted to the Row And from the footpath? |
6652 | Besides-- why could you not for drizzle pray? 6652 Bolt?" |
6652 | But if he should Turn out a thankless ne''er- do- good,-- In drink and riot waste my all, And rout me out of house and hall? |
6652 | But then the risk? 6652 D''ye hunt!--hae, hunt? |
6652 | Do n''t I, just? |
6652 | Do n''t I, just? |
6652 | Do you see any think green in me? |
6652 | For private drivers, at request, It is SIR RICHARD MAYNE''S behest That we shall move, I understand? |
6652 | Grains, grains,said majesty,"to fill their crops? |
6652 | Hey? 6652 Is it that for evenings wasted Some remorse thou''gin''st to feel? |
6652 | Maiden, why that look of sadness? 6652 Mrs. Roney, O Mrs. Roney, I feel very ill; Will you jest step to the doctor''s for to fetch me a pill?" |
6652 | Must our companions be resigned, We to the Rank alone confined? |
6652 | Ned drives about in buggies, Tom sometimes takes a''bus; Ah, cruel fate, why made you My children differ thus? 6652 Nor may we breathe the fragrant weed?" |
6652 | Now is it not? |
6652 | Now, sire, pray take it out--quoth she, With an arch smile,--But what did he? |
6652 | Now, tell me, WILLIAM, can it be, That MAYNE has issued a decree, Severe and stern, against us, planned Of comfort to deprive our Stand? |
6652 | Oh, my Helen, thou bright wonder, Who was ever like to thee? 6652 On what occasion?" |
6652 | Poor verger, verger, hey? |
6652 | Pray, pray, my lord, who''s that big fellow there? |
6652 | Pray, why does the great Captain''s nose Resemble Venice? |
6652 | Proud heedless fool,the parent cried;"Know''st thou the penalty of pride? |
6652 | Shall we then be disunited? |
6652 | Such, I believe, IS the command"Of all remains of food and drink Left by our animals I think, We are required to clear the ground? |
6652 | The boards of Drury you and I have trod Full many a time together, I am sure--"When? |
6652 | Thus strictly why are we pursued? |
6652 | Too late? |
6652 | Was it the squire, for killing of his game? 6652 What is''t,"says he,"your majesty Would wish of me to- day?" |
6652 | What means the man by treating people so? |
6652 | Wherefore starts my bosom''s lord? 6652 Whitbread, d''ye keep a coach, or job one, pray? |
6652 | Will the Boa bolt the blanket? 6652 Will you old this baby, please, vilst I step and see?" |
6652 | ''Pray who is this whom I should not like to meet?'' |
6652 | ''Tis mine I what accents can my joy declare? |
6652 | ''Tis true that she has lovely locks, That on her shoulders fall; What would they say to see the box In which she keeps them all? |
6652 | ''What have you already written?'' |
6652 | ( Are those torn clothes his best?) |
6652 | ( We know such Boas and rabbits, Know we not?) |
6652 | -- That very queer sound?-- Does it come from the ground? |
6652 | --"Sprout,"quoth the man;"what''s this you tell us? |
6652 | --"Why, so it is, father-- whose wife shall I take?" |
6652 | A PATRIOTE So noble, who could e''er suspect Had just put on a long- tail''d coat? |
6652 | A PRETTY thing for you to jeer-- Have n''t YOU, too, got a long- tail''d coat? |
6652 | A fireman, and afraid of bumps!-- What are they fear''d on? |
6652 | A flippant petit maitre skipping by, Stepped up to him and checked him for his cry--"Bohl"quoth the German,"an''t I''pon de wheel? |
6652 | A frightful mug of human delf? |
6652 | A leaden- platter ready for the shelf? |
6652 | A spirit- bottle-- empty of"the cratur"? |
6652 | A thunderstruck dumb- waiter? |
6652 | Ah me ve ara silicet, Vi laudu vimin thus? |
6652 | Ah, no-- I thank thee, Muse-- That hint--''tis a finger- post, And"he that runs may read"-- He that runs? |
6652 | Ah, what a sight was that? |
6652 | Amid the unknown depths where dost thou dwell? |
6652 | And LL.D.? |
6652 | And do you ask me,"What is pleasure?" |
6652 | And does not Pocock, feeling, like a peacock, All eyes upon him, turn to very meacock? |
6652 | And how was SMITH? |
6652 | And if"he knew any just cause or impediment?" |
6652 | And in a congregation pray, No less than Chancery, for pay? |
6652 | And is it the correct hypothesis That thou of gills or lungs dost breathe by way? |
6652 | And tell me why should bodily Succumb to mental meat? |
6652 | And then men mark and deduce Differently"THE BLANKET IS ENGLAND: THE BOA THE POPE, WILL THE POPE DISGORGE HIS BULL?" |
6652 | And was not Bernard his own Nervous Man? |
6652 | And what did he do with his deadly darts, This goblin of grisly bone? |
6652 | And where''s my aunt? |
6652 | And where''s the Blanket? |
6652 | Are they not such another sight, When met upon a birth- day night? |
6652 | Are we not, indeed,"I cried,"All the world to one another?" |
6652 | Art thou a giant adder, or huge asp, And hast thou got a rattle at thy tail? |
6652 | Art thou alone, thou serpent, on the brine, The sole surviving member of thy race? |
6652 | Art thou, indeed, a serpent and no sham? |
6652 | Ask me, What''s the kind of poem? |
6652 | At whom did Leo struggle to get loose? |
6652 | Away we went in chaise- and- four, As fast as grinning boys could flog-- What d''ye think of that my cat? |
6652 | B''allow''d to pray upon conditions, As well as suitors in petitions? |
6652 | BLACKWOOD''S MAGAZINE And do you ask me,"What is LIFE?" |
6652 | Barbarians must we always be? |
6652 | But I am not running-- I am riding-- How came I here?--what am I riding on? |
6652 | But WHAT, Dolly, what is the gay orange- grove, Or gold fishes, to her that''s in search of her love? |
6652 | But deer have horns: how must I keep her under? |
6652 | But if she bang again, still should I bang her? |
6652 | But tell me, nymphs, what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine? |
6652 | But what can glad me when she''s laid on bier? |
6652 | But while I''m speaking, where''s papa? |
6652 | But with the others, what to do Is more than I can tell-- can you?" |
6652 | But would you make our bosoms bleed, And of no common pang complain? |
6652 | But, Thomas Warton, without joking, Art thou, or art thou not, thy sovereign smoking? |
6652 | But, Whitbread, what''s o''clock, pray, what''s o''clock?" |
6652 | But, guv''ner, wot can this''ere be?-- The fare of a himperial carridge? |
6652 | Ca n''t no one tell? |
6652 | Ca n''t you discover Me as a lover?] |
6652 | Cab to the Moon, sir? |
6652 | Call that my fare for drivin yer a mile? |
6652 | Can he, who knows that real good should please Barter for gold his liberty and ease?" |
6652 | Can it be a cabbage? |
6652 | Can stoutest buckram''s triple fold keep in, The ODOR LUCRI-- the strong scent of TIN? |
6652 | Canst thou gulp a shoal Of herrings? |
6652 | Cantu disco ver Meas alo ver? |
6652 | Cash she could keep, in many a secret nook-- But where to stow away JAMES TAYLOR''S book? |
6652 | Clouds weep, as they do, without pain And what are tears but women''s rain? |
6652 | Come, gently steal my lips along, And let your lips in murmurs move Ah, no!--again-- that kiss was wrong How can you be so dull, my love? |
6652 | Could I believe my ears? |
6652 | D''ye think I care for the blessed Bench?-- From Temple Bar to Charing Cross? |
6652 | D''ye tink my nerfs and bons ca n''t feel?" |
6652 | Das Haus mit sieben Gabbles? |
6652 | Dear Thomas, didst thou never pop Thy head into a tin- man''s shop? |
6652 | Death heeds not howls nor dripping eyes; And what are sighs and tears but wind and water, That show the leakiness of feeble nature? |
6652 | Did Lord Glengall not frame a mental prayer, Wishing devoutly he was Lord knows where? |
6652 | Did Rodwell, on his chimney- piece, desire Or not to take a jump into the fire? |
6652 | Did Wade feel as composed as music can? |
6652 | Did ever lady in this land Ave greater sons than she? |
6652 | Did none attempt, before he fell, To succor one they loved so well? |
6652 | Did she think of TIPPOO SAIB''S Tiger''s Head? |
6652 | Did some rich man tyrannically use you? |
6652 | Didst mark, how toiled the busy train, From morn to eve, till Drury Lane Leaped like a roebuck from the plain? |
6652 | Dost thou ask her crime? |
6652 | Dost thou ask his crime? |
6652 | Dost thou think my flesh is double Glo''ster? |
6652 | Doth punning Peake not sit upon the points Of his own jokes, and shake in all his joints, During their trial? |
6652 | Doubts, though subdued, will oft recur again-- A serpent of the visionary kind, Proceeding from the grog- oppressed brain? |
6652 | Down they squatted[ 15] them together,"Lovely Joan,"said Colin bold,"Tell me, on thy davy,[ 16] whether Thou dost dear thy Colin hold?" |
6652 | Each Statue, too, of Pitt turn''d up the point Of its proboscis-- was that out of joint? |
6652 | Echo, I ween, will in the woods reply, And quaintly answer questions: shall I try? |
6652 | Filter, the most may admire thee, though not I; And thou, right guiltless, may''st plead to it, why? |
6652 | For his merits, would you know''em? |
6652 | For what can tears avail, and piteous sighs? |
6652 | For who can tell at what they aim? |
6652 | Good MRS. JONES was of a scraggy make; But when did woman vanity forsake? |
6652 | Grains, grains?--that comes from hops-- yes, hops, hops? |
6652 | Great news? |
6652 | Hae, Whitbread, when d''ye think to leave off trade? |
6652 | Hae, Whitbread? |
6652 | Hae? |
6652 | Hae? |
6652 | Hast thou a forked tongue-- and dost thou hiss If ever thou art bored with Ocean''s play? |
6652 | Hath not Henry Wadsworth writ it? |
6652 | Hath not PUNCH commanded"Buy it?" |
6652 | Have you not read Mr. TOULMIN SMITH''S great work on Centralization? |
6652 | He call''d her aside, and began to chide, For what dost thou here? |
6652 | He''s steady, knows his business well, What do you think?" |
6652 | Her hair is almost gray; Why will she train that winter curl In such a spring- like way? |
6652 | Her taper fingers, it is true,''Twere difficult to match: What would they say if they but knew How terribly they scratch? |
6652 | Here lies Johnny Pidgeon; What was his religion? |
6652 | Heu sed heu vix en imago, My missis mare sta; O cantu redit in mihi Hibernas arida? |
6652 | Hit in the vind!--I''m chokin-- give us air-- My fare? |
6652 | How are you, JONES? |
6652 | How can she lay her glasses down, And say she reads as well, When, through a double convex lens, She just makes out to spell? |
6652 | How could I more enhance its fame? |
6652 | How could they in such weather?" |
6652 | How expiate with prayer or psalm, Deaf ear, blind eye, and folded palm? |
6652 | How many Mammoths crumbled into mold? |
6652 | How old may Phillis be, you ask, Whose beauty thus all hearts engages? |
6652 | How shall I e''er my woes reveal? |
6652 | How shall I please her, who ne''er loved before? |
6652 | How shall he act? |
6652 | How stands the case now? |
6652 | How then was the Devil drest? |
6652 | How was it I got that kick o''the''ed? |
6652 | How was it likely that he could recollect every little atom out of the innumerable atoms his pen had heaped up? |
6652 | I could brave the bolts of angry Jove, When ceaseless lightnings fire the midnight skies; What is HIS WRATH to that of HER I love? |
6652 | I do confess, in many a sigh, My lips have breath''d you many a lie, And who, with such delights in view, Would lose them for a lie or two? |
6652 | I give a shilling? |
6652 | I got the cash from grandmamma( Her gentle heart my woes could feel), But where I went, and what I saw, What matters? |
6652 | I hear, I hear, You''re of an ancient family-- renowned-- What? |
6652 | I love thee yet Can only Lethe teach me to forget? |
6652 | I pace my chambers up and down, Reiterating"Where is HE?" |
6652 | I see a coach!-- Is it a coach? |
6652 | I should answer, I should tell you, You may wish that you may get it-- Do n''t you wish that you may get it? |
6652 | I will not ask if thou canst touch The tuneful ivory key? |
6652 | I wondered more and more: Says one--"Good friend of mine, How many shares have you wrote for In the Diddlesee Junction line?" |
6652 | I''LL NOT BE QUIET; HOW DARE YOU CALL MY SERENADE A RIOT? |
6652 | I''m told that you''re a limb Of Pym, the famous fellow Pym: What Whitbread, is it true what people say? |
6652 | If Boas will bolt Blankets, Boas must: If Snakes will rush upon their end, why not?" |
6652 | If I could clutch thee-- in a giant''s grip-- Could I retain thee in that grasp sublime? |
6652 | If not profanation, it''s''coming it strong,''And I really consider it all very wrong.----Pray, to whom does this property now belong?" |
6652 | If of the Boa species, couldst thou clasp Within thy fold, and suffocate, a whale? |
6652 | If she be wind, what stills her when she blows? |
6652 | If such a calculation may be made, Thine age at what a figure may we take? |
6652 | If such sweet sounds ca n''t woo you to religion, Will the harsh voices of church cads and touters? |
6652 | If you ask me, What this memory Hath to do with Hiawatha, And the poem which I speak of? |
6652 | If you should ask, what pleases best? |
6652 | In garden- silks, brocades, and laces? |
6652 | In haste, with imprecations dire, I threw the volume in the fire; When( who could think?) |
6652 | In space, or out of space? |
6652 | Is it a tenant of the anguish''d mind? |
6652 | Is it because the absent rose Has gone to paint her husband''s nose? |
6652 | Is it envy, hate, Or jealousy more cruel than the grave, With all the attendants that upon it wait And make the victim now despair, now rave? |
6652 | Is it my income''s small amount That leads to hesitation? |
6652 | Is it that by impulse sudden Childhood''s hours thou paus''st to mourn? |
6652 | Is no poppy- syrup nigh? |
6652 | Is that a swan that rides upon the water? |
6652 | Is there no brother, sister, wife, of thine, But thou alone, afloat on Ocean''s face? |
6652 | Is there no cheaper stuff? |
6652 | Is there no way to moderate her anger? |
6652 | Is''t a corpse stuck up for show, Galvanized at times to go With the Scripture in connection, New proof of the resurrection? |
6652 | JAMES SMITH My pensive Public, wherefore look you sad? |
6652 | Job, job, that''s cheapest; yes, that''s best, that''s best You put your liveries on the draymen- hee? |
6652 | Knight or a baronet, my lord? |
6652 | Knows he the titillating joy Which my nose knows? |
6652 | Last night I had a curious dream, Miss Susan Bates was Mistress Mogg-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | Lastly, do n''t Farley, a bewildered elf, Quake at the Pantomime he loves to cater, And ere its changes ring transform himself? |
6652 | Lisette has lost her wanton wiles-- What secret care consumes her youth, And circumscribes her smiles?-- A SPECK ON A FRONT TOOTH? |
6652 | Lord John he next elights; And who comes here in haste? |
6652 | Lord, what is she that can so turn and wind? |
6652 | MOP, MOP it once a week?" |
6652 | Man, woman or child-- a dog or a mouse? |
6652 | Men dying make their wills-- but wives Escape a work so sad; Why should they make what all their lives The gentle dames have had? |
6652 | Mine? |
6652 | Miss Whitbread''s still a maid, a maid? |
6652 | Must true affection file a bill The secret to discover? |
6652 | My Susan learned to use her tongue; Her mother had such wretched health, She sat and croaked like any frog-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | My bouquet is rejected; let it be: For what am I to you, or you to me? |
6652 | My fare? |
6652 | My fare? |
6652 | My heart is weary, my peace is gone, How shall I e''er my woes reveal? |
6652 | My heart is weary, my peace is gone, How shall I e''er my woes reveal? |
6652 | My heart is weary, my peace is gone, How shall I e''er my woes reveal? |
6652 | My life was like a London fog-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | My mother laughed; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling; My father frown''d; but how should gout Find any happiness in kneeling? |
6652 | Nature soon will stupefy-- My nerves relax-- my eyes grow dim-- Who''s that fallen-- me or him?" |
6652 | Nay, dearest Anna, why so grave? |
6652 | No further seek his frailties to disclose: For many of his sins should share the load: While he kept rising, who asked how he rose? |
6652 | No more with a consenting brief Shall I politely bow my head; Where shall I run to hide my grief? |
6652 | No sound-- good gracious!--what was that? |
6652 | Nota bene-- our love to all neighbors about-- Your papa in particular-- how is his gout? |
6652 | Now canst thou tell me what was that which led Athenian Theseus into labyrinth dread? |
6652 | Now did his majesty so gracious say To Mr. Whitbread, in his flying way,"Whitbread, d''ye nick the excisemen now and then? |
6652 | Now, hear me-- this stranger-- it may be mere folly-- But WHO do you think we all think it is, Dolly? |
6652 | Now, really, this appears the common case Of putting too much Sabbath into Sunday-- But what is your opinion, Mrs. Grundy? |
6652 | Now, what had been the consequence? |
6652 | Now, wherefore not?" |
6652 | O what is the reason, dear Dolly? |
6652 | O, Nelly Gray Is this your love so warm? |
6652 | Of yore, in Old England, it was not thought good, To carry two visages under one hood: What should folks say to YOU? |
6652 | Oh what do you think? |
6652 | Oh!--by the way-- have you seen THOMSON lately? |
6652 | On whom did Llama spit in utter loathing? |
6652 | One of my making?--what, my lord, my making?" |
6652 | Or are you, at once, each live thing in the house? |
6652 | Or did the Kentish Plumtree faint to note The Pelicans presenting bills on Sunday?-- But what is your opinion, Mrs. Grundy? |
6652 | Or haply, to that--RARA AVIS,--That has--"Tried WARREN''S?" |
6652 | Or hast thou the gorge and room To bolt fat porpoises and dolphins, whole, By dozens, e''en as oysters we consume? |
6652 | Or hath that sham champagne we tasted Turned thy polka to a reel? |
6652 | Or hath thy cruel EDWIN trodden Right upon thy favorite corn? |
6652 | Or roguish lawyer, made you lose your little All in a lawsuit? |
6652 | Or sprung-- sprung? |
6652 | Or the attorney? |
6652 | Or till half- price, to save his shilling, wait, And gain his hat again at half- past eight? |
6652 | Or why should Pi- ra, Beta Pi- ra, Pi- c, Be all the pie we eat? |
6652 | Or, art thou but a serpent of the mind? |
6652 | Or, if no serpent, a prodigious eel, An entity, though modified by flam, A basking shark, or monstrous kind of seal? |
6652 | Or, stuff''d with phlegm up to the throat What poet e''er could sing a note? |
6652 | PART SECOND*** Again upon the road The road to where? |
6652 | Pay at the gallery- door Two shillings for what cost, when new, but four? |
6652 | Peter, pray What to the devil shall I sing or say?" |
6652 | Polkam jungere, Virgo, vis, Will you join the polka, miss? |
6652 | Poor Tompkinson was snubbed and huffed, She could not bear that Mister Blogg-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | QUEST.-Why is a Pump like Viscount CASTLEREAGH? |
6652 | Quoth David to Daniel--"Why is it these scholars Abuse one another whenever they speak?" |
6652 | Reader, didst ever see a water- spout? |
6652 | Recollect wut fun we he d, you''n I an''Ezry Hollis, Up there to Waltham plain last fall, ahavin''the Cornwallis? |
6652 | Said his Highness to NED, with that grim face of his,"Why refuse us the VETO, dear Catholic NEDDY?" |
6652 | Say which enjoys the greater blisses, John, who Dorinda''s picture kisses, Or Tom, his friend, the favor''d elf, Who kisses fair Dorinda''s self? |
6652 | Say, BESSY dearest, if you will Accept me as a lover? |
6652 | Say, shall I to yon Flemish church, And at a Popish altar kneel? |
6652 | Say, sire of insects, mighty Sol,( A Fly upon the chariot pole Cries out), what Blue- bottle alive Did ever with such fury drive? |
6652 | Say, what can keep her chaste whom I adore? |
6652 | Say, why these Babel strains from Babel tongues? |
6652 | Says Sphinx, on this depends your fate; Tell me what animal is that Which has four feet at morning bright, Has two at noon and three at night? |
6652 | Scales hast thou got, of course-- but what''s thy weight? |
6652 | Sea- Serpent, art thou venomous or not? |
6652 | See yonder goes old Mendax, telling lies To that good easy man with whom he''s walking; How know I that? |
6652 | Seedy Cab- driver, whither art thou going? |
6652 | Shall any force of fasts atone For years of duty left undone? |
6652 | Shall they compete with him who wrote"Maltravers,"Prologue to"Alice or the Mysteries?" |
6652 | Shall we meet again? |
6652 | She did NOT see the Unicorn; but( With her gracious habits of condescension) Did she think of him a bit the less? |
6652 | She forced me to resign my club, Lay down my pipe, retrench my grog-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | She had a tabby of her own,-- A snappish mongrel christened Grog,-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | She wished to know if I admiawd EVA, which quite confounded me; And then haw Ladyship inqwaw''d Whethaw A did''nt hate LEGWEE? |
6652 | Should you ask me, By what story, By what action, plot, or fiction, All these matters are connected? |
6652 | Should you ask me, Is there music In the structure of the verses, In the names and in the phrases? |
6652 | Should you ask me, What''s its nature? |
6652 | Some faults we own; but can you guess? |
6652 | Son of a round- head are you? |
6652 | Stand forth, arch deceiver, and tell us in truth, Are you handsome or ugly, in age or in youth? |
6652 | Step up an''take a nipper, sir; I''m dreffle glad to see ye;"But now it''s"Ware''s my eppylet? |
6652 | Still coy, and still reluctant? |
6652 | Still he stares-- I wonder why, Why are not the sons of earth Blind, like puppies, from their birth?" |
6652 | Still that gloom upon each feature? |
6652 | Still that sad reproachful frown?" |
6652 | Suppose he goes to France-- can he Sit down at any table d''hote, With any sort of decency, Unless he''s got a long- tail''d coat? |
6652 | Sweetheart say, When shall we monarchs be? |
6652 | Tell Belzebub, great father, tell( Says t''other, perch''d upon the wheel), Did ever any mortal Fly Raise such a cloud of dust as I? |
6652 | Tell me, Knife- grinder, how came you to grind knives? |
6652 | Tell me, what is amiss with thee? |
6652 | Thank you, very well; And you, I hope are well? |
6652 | That of Mud- Python, by APOLLO shot, And mentioned-- rather often-- by CARLYLE? |
6652 | That''s the way I used to soap the Chapling-- Cos vy? |
6652 | The BOA AND THE B----, like new- found star, Is mine no longer; but the world''s!-- Tell me, how have I sung it? |
6652 | The Dove, the winged Columbus of man''s haven? |
6652 | The Kangaroo-- is he not orthodox To bend his legs, the way he does, in kneeling? |
6652 | The Pelican whose bosom feeds her young? |
6652 | The Pill- maker? |
6652 | The Snake, pro tempore, the true Satanic? |
6652 | The chill of fear that crept through TAYLOR''S bones? |
6652 | The king can do no wrong? |
6652 | The poker hardly seemed my own, I might as well have been a log-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | The punctual Crane-- the providential Raven? |
6652 | The sun bursts out in furious blaze, I perspirate from head to heel; I''d like to hire a one- horse chaise; How can I, without cash, at Lille? |
6652 | The tender Love- Bird-- or the filial Stork? |
6652 | The van-- the hand- cuffs-- and the prison cell Where pined JAMES TAYLOR-- wherefore pause to tell? |
6652 | Then Mrs. Lily, the nuss, Toward them steps with joy; Say the brave old Duke,"Come tell to us Is it a gal or a boy?" |
6652 | Then teach me, Echo, how shall I come by her? |
6652 | Then, first to come, and last to go, There always was a Captain Hogg-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | Then, wherefore Are ye so cheerful? |
6652 | There, Thomas, didst thou never see(''Tis but by way of simile) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage? |
6652 | They walk''d and eat, good folks: what then? |
6652 | Think you I nothing like but straw? |
6652 | Thirtieth of January do n''t you FEED? |
6652 | This journal of folly''s an emblem of me; But what book shall we find emblematic of thee? |
6652 | This, with a vengeance, was mistaking? |
6652 | Those eyes,--among thine elder friends Perhaps they pass for blue;-- No matter,--if a man can see, What more have eyes to do? |
6652 | Thou turn''st away, in scorn of sway, To bless a younger son-- But when we live in lodgings, say, Wilt sew his buttons on?" |
6652 | Though certain omens oft forewarn a state, And dying lions show the monarch''s fate, Why should such fears bid Celia''s sorrow rise? |
6652 | Thought she of one of her own Arms? |
6652 | Thus, by Muscovite barbarian, And by Fate, my life was crossed; Wonder ye I start at shadows? |
6652 | Thy willing thrall? |
6652 | To be Doctored? |
6652 | To effort hath it strung you? |
6652 | To see that carriage come The people round it press:"And is the galliant Duke at ome?" |
6652 | To stealing I can never come, To pawn my watch I''m too genteel, Besides, I left my watch at home; How could I pawn it, then, at Lille? |
6652 | Try the West End, he''s at your back-- Meets you, like Eurus, in the East-- You''re call''d upon for"How do, Jack?" |
6652 | Turns fell Hyena of the Ghoulish race? |
6652 | Vampyre, ghost, or ghoul, what is it? |
6652 | View on the subject? |
6652 | Vot his this''ere? |
6652 | WHAT''S THAT? |
6652 | WILT THOU SEW MY BUTTONS ON?" |
6652 | Was I sober or awake? |
6652 | Was ist dis oder book I see? |
6652 | Was it the squire? |
6652 | Was strict Sir Andrew, in his Sabbath coat, Struck all a- heap to see a Coati mundi? |
6652 | Was''t VENUS that the strange concealment planned, Or rather PLUTUS''S irreverent hand? |
6652 | Water for my burning brain? |
6652 | We dined at a tavern-- La, what do I say? |
6652 | Were charitable boxes handed round, And would not Guinea Pigs subscribe their guinea? |
6652 | Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? |
6652 | What are the feelings of thy mother? |
6652 | What calls for papers to expose The waste of sugar- plums and rattles? |
6652 | What can there be upon the red- lined page That TOMKINS''s quick eye should so engage? |
6652 | What cared she for Medea''s pride Or Desdemona''s sorrow? |
6652 | What change comes o''er the spirit of the place, As if transmuted by some spell organic? |
6652 | What could this pore Doctor do, bein treated thus, When the darling baby woke, cryin for its nuss? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What d''ye think of that, my dog? |
6652 | What dire offense have serious Fellows found To raise their spleen against the Regent''s spinney? |
6652 | What do they mean by it? |
6652 | What else? |
6652 | What error in the bestial birth or breeding, To put their tender fancies on the fret? |
6652 | What feature has repulsed the serious set? |
6652 | What fossil Saurians in thy time have been? |
6652 | What geologic periods hast thou seen, Long as the tail thou doubtless canst unfold? |
6652 | What greater stranger yet is he Who has four legs, then two, then three; Then loses one, then gets two more, And runs away at last on four? |
6652 | What hath stilled thy bounding gladness, Changed thy pace from fast to slow? |
6652 | What have they done?--those heavenly strains, Devoutly squeezed from canting brains, But filled John''s earthly breeches? |
6652 | What have we with day to do? |
6652 | What is his LIGHTNING to my Delia''s eyes? |
6652 | What is it I behold? |
6652 | What is that madness? |
6652 | What is the Regency in Tottenham- street, The Royal Amphitheater of Arts, Astley''s, Olympic, or the Sans Pareil, Compared with thee? |
6652 | What is thy diet? |
6652 | What is yon house with walls so thick, All girt around with guard and grille? |
6652 | What is''t Fine Grand, makes thee my friendship fly, Or take an Epigram so fearfully, As''t were a challenge, or a borrower''s letter? |
6652 | What makes you simper, then, and sneer? |
6652 | What most moves women when we them address? |
6652 | What must I do when women will be cross? |
6652 | What must I do when women will be kind? |
6652 | What must we do our passion to express? |
6652 | What see I on my table stand,-- A letter with a well- known seal? |
6652 | What sort of snake may be thy class and style? |
6652 | What spines, or spikes, or claws, or nails, or fin, Or paddle, Ocean- Serpent, dost thou bear? |
6652 | What the devil makes him cry? |
6652 | What''s cheapest meat to make a bullock fat? |
6652 | What''s next my dexterous little girl will do? |
6652 | What''s this they thrust into my hand? |
6652 | What''s your name, my beauty, tell me? |
6652 | What, what''s the matter with the men? |
6652 | What, what''s the price now, hee, of all your stock? |
6652 | What, what, sir?--hey, sir?" |
6652 | What? |
6652 | When GEORGE, alarm''d for England''s creed, Turn''d out the last Whig ministry, And men ask''d-- who advised the deed? |
6652 | When bought, no question I shall be her dear? |
6652 | When first the granite mountain- stones were laid, Wast thou not present there and then, old Snake? |
6652 | When shall we hear agen of such a thing? |
6652 | Whence comes it that, in Clara''s face, The lily only has its place? |
6652 | Whence that dark o''erclouded brow? |
6652 | Whence the rosy hue thou wearest, Breathing round thee rich perfume?" |
6652 | Where am I? |
6652 | Where is Cupid''s crimson motion? |
6652 | Where was I? |
6652 | Where''s Jack? |
6652 | Wherefore should not we Agree to form a Johnsonate of Briggs? |
6652 | Whereon is sinful fantasy to work? |
6652 | Which is of greater value, prythee, say, The Bride or Bridegroom?--must the truth be told? |
6652 | While we could reap, what cared we how he sowed? |
6652 | Whither away? |
6652 | Whither whirlest thou thy thrall? |
6652 | Who absurdly buys Fruit not worth the baking? |
6652 | Who am I? |
6652 | Who are my fellow- passengers? |
6652 | Who can describe the wrath of MRS. JONES? |
6652 | Who has been hissed by the Canadian Goose? |
6652 | Who mourns through Monkey- tricks his damaged clothing? |
6652 | Who respects a shopman''s till? |
6652 | Who shall describe her anguish-- her remorse? |
6652 | Who was this master good Of whomb I makes these rhymes? |
6652 | Who wastes crust on pies That do not pay for making? |
6652 | Who would burst a goldsmith''s door, Shoot a dun, or sack a store? |
6652 | Who would pay a tailor''s bill? |
6652 | Who''s afraid a child to kill? |
6652 | Why came I not by Lille? |
6652 | Why do I groan in deep despair, Since she''ll be soon an angel fair? |
6652 | Why do the gods indulge our store, But to secure our rest? |
6652 | Why force it down in BUCKETS on the hay? |
6652 | Why make of Tom a DULLARD, And Ned a GENIUS?" |
6652 | Why should he longer mince the matter? |
6652 | Why should not piety be made, As well as equity, a trade, And men get money by devotion, As well as making of a motion? |
6652 | Why should we? |
6652 | Why this anguish in thine eye? |
6652 | Why will the simple world expect wise things From lofty folk, particularly kings? |
6652 | Wild hunters in pursuit of fame? |
6652 | Will not he be a hundred and twenty? |
6652 | Will the blanket choke the Boa?" |
6652 | Wilt thou that naughty, fluttering heart resign? |
6652 | With a gracious air, and a smiling look, Mess John had open''d his awful book, And had read so far as to ask if to we d he meant? |
6652 | With fifteen thousand pounds a- year, Do you complain, you can not bear An ill, you may so soon retrieve? |
6652 | With note akin that immortal bard The snow- white Swan of Avon? |
6652 | With pure heart newly stamped from Nature''s mint--( Where did he learn that squint?) |
6652 | With sister Belle she could n''t part, But all MY ties had leave to jog-- What d''ye think of that, my cat? |
6652 | With what note? |
6652 | Wot did yer say, sir, wot did yer say? |
6652 | Wot makes yer smile? |
6652 | Wot''s this I''ve got? |
6652 | Wot''s this''ere, sir? |
6652 | Wot''s this?--wot hever is this''ere? |
6652 | Would not horse- aloes bitter it as well? |
6652 | Would_ I_ have played with YOUR hay such a freak? |
6652 | Wouldst thou not quickly through my fingers slip, Being all over glazed with fishy slime? |
6652 | Ye politicians, tell me, pray, Why thus with woe and care rent? |
6652 | Yet it has wheels-- Wheels within wheels-- and on the box A driver, and a cad behind, And Horses-- Horses?-- Bethink thee-- Worm!-- Are they Horses? |
6652 | You call yerself a gentleman? |
6652 | You were going to speak? |
6652 | Your taste in architect, you know, Hath been admired by friend and foe: But can your earthly domes compare With all my castles-- in the air? |
6652 | [ Meadows turns suddenly round, Your pardon, sir; Is this, the way to Newgate? |
6652 | and how are you? |
6652 | and where''s mamma? |
6652 | and which the day? |
6652 | are they? |
6652 | beneath your royal notice, sir,"Replied Lord Pembroke--"Sir, my lord, stir, stir; Let''s see them all, all, all, all, every thing,"Who''s this? |
6652 | bloody news? |
6652 | can my pigs compare, sire, with pigs royal?" |
6652 | cried JAMES,"how very hard And are we, too, from beer debarred?" |
6652 | dame Nature cried to Death, As Willie drew his latest breath; You have my choicest model ta''en; How shall I make a fool again? |
6652 | did you though, indeed? |
6652 | do you say? |
6652 | for which I make apology) But that the Papists, like some Fellows, thus Had somehow mixed up Deus with their Theology? |
6652 | hae, hae? |
6652 | hae? |
6652 | hae? |
6652 | hae? |
6652 | hae? |
6652 | hast thou a thimble in thy gear? |
6652 | higher still?) |
6652 | hops?" |
6652 | how should monarchs know The natural history of mops and churches? |
6652 | how,"said the Cook,"can I this think of grilling, When common the pepper? |
6652 | is thy pain? |
6652 | love no more? |
6652 | or Covetous parson, for his tithes distraining? |
6652 | or parson of the parish? |
6652 | or that race Lower than Horses, but with longer ears And less intelligence-- In fact--"EQUI ASINI,"Or in vernacular JACKASSES? |
6652 | parson, you''re a fool, one might suppose-- Was not the field just underneath your NOSE? |
6652 | quoth Hodge, with wond''ring eyes, And voice not much unlike an Indian yell;"What were they made for then, you dog?" |
6652 | quoth I,"he''s d- r- u- n- K"Then thus to him--"Were it not better, far, You were a little s- o- b- e- R? |
6652 | resumed the bibliopolist,''you are learned, are you? |
6652 | say, wilt thou, of queenly brow, Still sew my buttons on? |
6652 | shall we not say thou art LOVE''S DUODECIMO? |
6652 | she falter''d,"from the gov''nor? |
6652 | strong fellow, hey? |
6652 | the pleasure thence which flows? |
6652 | then you wo n''t accept it, wo nt you? |
6652 | verger!--you the verger?--hey?" |
6652 | was the warning cry of the Austrian sentinel To one whose little knapsack bore the books he loved so well"Thev must not pass? |
6652 | what are showers to HIM? |
6652 | what are they to love''s sensations? |
6652 | what can tombs avail, since these disgorge The blood and dust of both to mold a George? |
6652 | what is this that rises to my touch, So like a cushion? |
6652 | what madness could impel So RUM a FLAT to face so PRIME a SWELL? |
6652 | what''s that uproar? |
6652 | what''s that? |
6652 | what''s that?" |
6652 | what''s this? |
6652 | what, what''s the price of country butter?" |
6652 | what? |
6652 | what? |
6652 | what? |
6652 | what? |
6652 | where doth it dwell? |
6652 | where must needy poet seek for aid, When dust and rain at once his coat invade? |
6652 | whither are you going? |
6652 | who does not envy those rude little devils, That hold her, and hug her, and keep her from heaven? |
6652 | who''s this?--who''s this fine fellow here? |
6652 | why my bosom smite? |
6652 | why this alter''d vow? |
6652 | why this for Cobb was only SPORT: What doth Cobb own that any rain can HURT?" |
6652 | why was it so? |
6652 | wilt thou be mine? |
6652 | wilt thou sew my buttons on, When gayer scenes recall That fairy face, that stately grace, To reign amid the ball? |
6652 | with an oath, cried Garrick--"for by G-- I never saw that face of yours before!-- What characters, I pray, Did you and I together play?" |
6652 | with such leathern lungs? |
6652 | wot''s this''ere? |
6652 | would you have him sport a chin Like Colonel Stanhope, or that goat O''German Mahon, ere begin To figure in a long- tail''d coat? |