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